Miami-Dade Police say they had no choice but to shoot and kill a 20-year-old bipolar man after a Taser malfunction. The incident happened at the Kendallwood Villas complex near FIU’s south campus. Federico Osorio’s mother had called police claiming that her son had threatened to kill her and his sister…
Sen. Marco Rubio doesn’t think discriminating against gay people is cool all the time. Just some of the time. Commenting on Arizona’s vetoed anti-gay, right-to-discriminate bill this weekend on Meet the Press, he claimed he didn’t believe that, for example, gay people should be denied service at a restaurant. However,…
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Treon “Tre” Johnson, a central figure in an upcoming Rakontur documentary on backyard brawling, died on Thursday after a confrontation with Hialeah Police. Officers responded to a report and found Johnson standing on a rooftop throwing coconuts at a dog who had bitten him. To subdue Johnson they used a…
The Miami Beach Police Department today released photos that officers took to document Justin Bieber’s various tattoos, which include pictures of the popstar shirtless (because lord knows no one has ever seen that before). The release came just hours after a hearing was set in Miami-Dade Court to decide whether…
Would you like to be carrying 2.5 ounces of marijuana right now? How about tending your own marijuana garden at home with up to six plants? Or would you rather buy marijuana from a store and have the tax proceeds go to the state? Well, call your state senator and…
Miami-Dade police officer Albert Coriat apparently thinks law enforcement agencies giving each other special treatment is more important than public safety. Back on February 16th, Coriat, who is 40, popped an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike near mile marker 59. An FHP trooper spotted the illegal maneuver and pulled…
A Florida restaurant chain is out to make your bill political. Eight restaurants that are part of the Gator’s Dockside chain are adding a one percent surcharge to customer’s bills and clearly marking it as an “ACA surcharge” on customers’ receipts. Signs, doors and tables at the restaurants also trumpet…
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The Miami area hasn’t held a presidential nominating convention since both the Democratic and Republican parties held their conventions in the Miami Beach convention center back in 1972. Despite Florida’s transition into one of the most crucial swing states over the past two decades, neither have returned. Well, Miami is…
Today is little Shaba’s second birthday. He’s spending it Jackson Memorial Hospital recovering from being shot in the head during a random outburst of gunfire in Liberty City on Sunday morning…
Rights extended to homeless people in the City of Miami for years will now be taken away. A federal judge approved of a plan today that will scale back an agreement reached 16 years ago that had allowed homeless in downtown Miami to pitch tents, build fires in parks, and…
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After smashing his own black Ferrari and calling it a work of art, former Miami Dolphin Richie Incognito has checked himself into a psychiatric care center. TMZ reports that his admittance was not voluntary and came after the Scottsdale Police Department became involved. Incognito did accept that he needed help…
Nelson Santoni was desperate. So desperate he decided to break into his neighbors home and take her valuables. But when the woman showed up in the middle of the attempted heist, Santoni attacked her. She was strangled to death in her own home by her neighbor…
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…
Turns out Michelle Obama did more than promote her Let’s Move initiative during her trip to Miami earlier this week. And it turns out there was a good reason that Amy Poehler seemingly randomly accompanied her. The First Lady filmed a scene for Poehler’s show Parks & Recreation while in…
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And then there were three. Fernando Gonzalez walked out of a U.S. federal prison in Arizona today after spending 15 years behind bars on charges that he was part of a Fidel Castro-backed Cuban spy ring. Though, he’s not a free man quite yet. He was released to immigration officials…
Seth Meyers, the new “Sure, OK, he seems pleasant enough” force in late night TV is experimenting with new bits during his first week on air. A game show called “Fake or Florida” is set to become a recurring gag. Meyers debuted it last night, but it came off a…
Patrick Snay was headmaster at Gulliver Preparatory until 2010 when the school declined to renew his contract. He successfully sued for age discrimination and won $10,000 in back wages along with a nice $80,000 settlement. However the deal included a confidentiality agreement. Unfortunately for Snay, he told his teenage daughter…
Marlins President David Samson was the first contestant voted off of the latest season of CBS’s Survivor last night in a moment so cosmically and comically perfect it really calls for more than just one snappy lead to this story. Here, let’s try a few: “Survivor contestants were able to…
