Subject: Miami Beach Police Department

• Peddling Out of a Tight Spot

  February 14, 2007

• The World Naked Bike Ride Cometh

  June 7, 2007

• Kelis Hates The Miami Beach PD So Much Right Now

  September 12, 2008

• Letters from the Issue of June 9 , 2005

  June 9, 2005

• Unsolved Mysteries, Dateline Miami Beach

  September 25, 1991

• Lonely at the Top

  October 30, 1991

• Swelter

  July 1, 1992

• Welcome to Indian Creek Village.

  March 16, 1993

• Sudden Impact: Part 2

  April 7, 1993

• Miami According to Brooklyn: One Reason the Miami Beach Police Suck

  photo by Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. I think I'm gonna talk about the Miami Beach Police and how they just worry about the petty shit and don't see the big picture. Like yesterday, I'm driving down West Avenue and get pulled over because my taillight's out, and then I get harassed because I have very visible tattoos. One guy came up to me with almost his gun drawn, and the other guy was on the other side of the car, a

  February 18, 2009

• Taint Misbehavin'

  September 8, 1993

• Please Steal This House

  March 12, 2009

• Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida

  They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

  August 28, 2008

• Arrested Development

  Miami Beach Police just won't let Gregory "Silk" Thomas go straight.

  April 3, 2008

• Pop a Wheelie on SoBe

  September 6, 2007

• Citizen’s Arrest

  January 5, 2006

• Glam Rocks

  November 17, 2005

• Letters from the Issue of June 30, 2005

  June 30, 2005

• Power to the People

  April 29, 2004

• States of Denial

  March 25, 2004

• Mansion Meets Hype

  March 4, 2004

• Bouncer Bully

  February 19, 2004

• BEST CIVIL SERVANT

  May 16, 2002

• God Help Us

  May 16, 2002

• Strange Case of the Misplaced Murders

  March 8, 2001

• Side Dish

  April 13, 2000

• Riptide

  July 1, 1999

• Letters

  June 17, 1999

• My Life in Jail

  December 31, 1998

• The Politics of Music

  September 17, 1998

• When the Flak Flies, the Flack Flees

  November 20, 1997

• Hour Town

  June 26, 1996

• Insult to Injury

  June 6, 1996

• Reward!

  November 16, 1995

• One-stop Cop Shop

  September 7, 1994

• Body by Joke

  June 1, 1994

• Sudden Impact

  January 20, 1993

• Swelter

  December 4, 1991

• Letters

  November 6, 1991

• Urban Beach Week Returns

  May 21, 2009

• Cops Bust More People For Drugs at Urban Beach Week

  Memorial Day weekend in Miami Beach is wild. In the past seven years, cops have made thousands of arrests. The craziness included: A double homicide outside David's Café II, a mini riot on Washington Avenue, and smatterings of pro sports players who enjoy drinking too much and manhandling officers. (Not much has changed on that front.) This year was calm in comparison. No murders. No pepper spray. The number of arrests over the weekend were about the same as last year, but a couple big thing

  May 26, 2009

• Murder Miami Style: One Officer Involved in Two Deadly Shootings in 4 Days

  Four days after being cleared of any wrongdoing in shooting an unarmed tourist, Miami Beach Police Officer Adam Tavss has been involved in another shooting death. The incident reports have not been made public because the fatal shootings are "still under investigation," police say. Facts though have started to creep out. According to a report by NBC Miami, the victim's attorney has many witnesses who will testify that Tavss' fatal shooting of an unarmed man last week was completely unjustifie

  June 22, 2009

• News Roundup

  WPLG pulled the files on Adam Tavss, the Miami Beach Police officer involved in the questionable killing of a Arab-American tourist. Nothing all that interesting; they describe him as a "satisfactory" rookie cop. [JustNews]Portions of southbound Palmetto Expressway will be closed tonight. [Herald]Republic Federal Bank is closing one of five of it branches: its downtown location, which happens to be 11 blocks from HQ. [SFBJ]A Miami doctor got eight years in prison after bilking Medicare by p

  June 30, 2009

• News Roundup

  What... the...? Slot machines at MIA? Like that airport needs to be any more of a circus than it already is. [Herald]Miami-Dade commissioners have no problem with Carrie Meek representing Wackenhut and the county, even while the two are in a legal dispute. [Herald]Adam Tavss, the Miami Beach Police officer involved in two shootings, was once accused of domestic abuse. [NBCMiami]Donte' Stallworth might have been smoking marijuana when he drove his Bentley into that man and killed him. [Herald]T

  July 1, 2009

• Airport Shuttle Passenger Dies After Crash with Police Cruiser

  An airport shuttle collided with a Sunny Isles Beach Police car, killing a shuttle passenger early this morning in Miami Beach, police said.via CBS4.comTo view a CBS4 report of the fatal traffic accident, click here.The intersection of 71st Street and Abbott Avenue was closed from the time of the crash at 3:50 a.m. until rescue crews cleared up the wreckage at 10 a.m, the Miami Herald reported.En route to Miami International Airport, the SuperShuttle van was on 71st Street, and the police crui

  July 21, 2009

• Bad Homework at the Miami Beach PAL: Would You Tell Your Grandson to Lie For a Few Lousy Bucks?

  Lumilon.com via Flickr CC​Just a few weeks ago, at a county school board meeting, Bernie Winer -- a consultant for the Miami Beach Police Athletic League -- received a standing ovation. A month before that, Miami Beach city commissioners handed him an award. But Riptide has uncovered a PAL expense report that helped spark a police investigation into the hulking retired cop and other PAL executive board members' performances. Winer was executive director of the non-profit, which sponsors

  August 24, 2009

• News Roundup

  Efraim Diveroli, the 23-year-old Miami Beach arms dealer who illegally supplied Chinese-made ammunition to Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty. He face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. [Reuters] Mitch McConnell and John McCain are confirmed to be at that health-care forum today in Hialeah. [Herald] Yesterday a man walked into a Miami Beach Police station and admitted to killing a mother and daughter. [CBS4] Charlie Crist struck a new gambling deal with the Seminole tribe yesterda

  September 1, 2009

• Legends of the Fall

  September 10, 2009

• Family of slain tourist wants Miami Beach cop to pay

  October 1, 2009

• What a Drag: Shelley Novak's South Beach Street Brawl Ends with Police

  Photo via NefariousGirl.comShelley NovakSouth Beach's legendary queen of drag, Shelley Novak, is normally full of sassy one-liners and puns about penis size. But she has a straight face when explaining, "It was like Friday the 13th. He came running up my stairs, chasing after me with wild, crazy eyes." She's reliving the moment before she called police to report an alleged assault last week. Her contention: A gay man named Zachary Cerre hit her face and smashed his fist though the window of her

  October 19, 2009