Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
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A Monroe County judge has struck down Florida’s gay marriage ban, and ruled that licenses could be issued to same-sex partners as soon as next Tuesday. However Monroe County Circuit Judge Luis Garcia’s ruling only applies to the county that’s mostly continuous with the Florida Keys. It’s still possible that…
Philippe Bourciquot wasn’t keeping his Ponzi scheme quiet. He was broadcasting it all across the South Florida airwaves. Bourciquot specifically targeted Haitian-Americans who were new to the country and unfamiliar with the financial infrastructure. Though a local radio show and through his church he promised to invest money in the…
Charlie Crist hasn’t even won the Democratic primary yet, but he’s already picked his general election running mate. Crist tapped Annette Taddeo-Goldstein, a Miami businesswoman who has made a few unsuccessful runs at office before and now is the chairwoman of the Miami-Dade Democrats and vice chair of the state…
Miami has changed a whole lot since the days when The Golden Girls was set here, but one thing hasn’t changed: it’s the best big city to retire in. According to an analysis from financial planning site NerdWallet, Miami took top honors…
Four years and a few weeks ago, all Miami wanted was the return of Dwyane Wade. Heat mascot Burnie was placed atop the sign at AmericanAirlines Arena and refused to come down until Wade re-signed. The county commission voted to temporarily rename the county “Miami-Wade.” Talk of LeBron James joining…
The last undeveloped waterfront lot in downtown Miami just sold for a record-breaking $100 million an acre. Bought by companies controlled by German and Gloria Coto, the son and daughter-in-law of Argentinian grocery magnate Alfredo Coto, the total price was $125 million for the 1.25 acre parcel located at the…
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Manuel Noriega: former Panamanian dictator, former decades-long resident of Miami-Dade’s Federal Correctional Institute, unwilling video game star. Yes, Noriega was featured as a character in Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and now he’s suing the video game makers from his Panamanian jail cell…
Soon you’ll be able to keep your Armani clothes and apply your Armani Code by Giorgio Armani perfume inside your Armani-designed bathroom all within your own Armani-designed condo located in an Armani-designed building named Residences by Armani/Casa. Yes, the fashion house is teaming up with developers Dezer Development and Related…
Dwyane Wade has not only announced his intentions to return to the Miami Heat, but he apparently could also end up retiring in a Heat jersey someday. Update: Udonis Haslem is coming back too. See also: Chris Bosh Is Re-Signing With the Heat; Wade Reportedly Working On New Deal…
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America’s largest Hispanic-owned pharmacy chain is set to become a subsidy of a Fortune 500 company. CVS Pharmacy is set to buy Miami-based Navarro Discount Pharmacy. The chain will continue to operate under its original name and will mostly focus on Hispanic customers…
Over the past few months, LeBron James had been praising UConn star Shabazz Napier on Twitter. Shortly before the NBA Draft, LeBron declared that point guard was his favorite player in the draft. Then the Miami Heat went and drafted him, causing some to think it was all part of…
Miami Beach Police Sgt. Mike Muley has been relieved of duty after getting drunk during an off-duty security gig. This isn’t Muley’s first brush with controversy. He was demoted for his involvement in Officer Derick Kuilan’s infamous 2011 drunken ATV joyride…
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Pizza delivery people are some of our most important and underappreciated workers. They bring us pizza, after all. But two hoodlums in Southwest Miami-Dade viciously set up one deliveryman and ended up shooting him and stealing his wallet. The incident happened around 1 a.m. Sunday morning near SW 200th Street…
When LeBron James announced he’s heading back to Cleveland, most high-profile Floridians responded with understanding and gratitude for what he accomplished here. Gov. Rick Scott, of all people, was one of the lone exceptions. In a cheap attack that’s as insulting to Floridians’ intelligence as it is completely idiotic, his…
What interesting timing. Just hours after LeBron James announced he was heading back home to Cleveland, allegedly crooked politician David Rivera had an announcement of his own. Rivera suspended his quixotic campaign to regain his seat in the U.S. House that he lost two years ago amidst scandal, and announced…
Despite an act of street art vandalism, Miamians have mostly reacted in measured respect to LeBron James’ decision. Miami’s most notable almost universally took to Twitter with messages full of nothing but thank yous and respect. The only real shade came in the form of Miamians rallying back around our…
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