Update: Nicolas has died, according to his brother, Abner Davis. Nicolas passed away around 5 p.m. today. JoJo Nicolas, the former Miami Hurricanes football player involved in this morning’s horrific crash on the MacArthur Causeway, had been partying at South Beach nightclub Mansion hours earlier, according to his social media…
A man arrested in Key West for cocaine possession had an interesting defense. “I don’t understand,” he said according to police. “I thought cocaine wasn’t illegal in Florida.”…
First lady Michelle Obama stopped by Miami yesterday afternoon to announce that the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the National Recreation and Park Association would be serving more fruits and vegetables during after-school programs as part of her anti-childhood obesity initiative. FLOTUS, however, was joined by a secret…
Nothing says celebrating winning back-to-back championships in a real sport like the gift of a championship belt from a fake sport. LeBron James surprised the Heat locker room today with a replica of the World Wrestling Entertainment heavyweight championship belt for every player…
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This is not usually what we mean when we talk about a hotly anticipated video premiere featuring a pop star, but surveillance video of Justin Bieber being held inside a Miami Beach police station will be made public today. Though “sensitive” parts have been edited out, which means, presumably, the…
Jonathan Martin wants to play in the NFL again. He just doesn’t want to do it for the Miami Dolphins. Dolphins executives recently met with Martin’s agent and presented a possible first step toward Martin’s return to the team, but Martin decided he’d be better off going elsewhere. See also:…
The only people who get paid to put on clothes are fashion models, but a former sergeant in the South Miami Police Department is suing to have police officers added to that list too. Michael Weissberg claims he worked five to ten extra overtime hours a week for which he…
If Maria Magdelina Montanez-Colon is guilty of anything, it’s being a little too honest. Well, that and trying to use 911 as her personal gigolo service. The 58-year-old Punta Gorda woman was arrested for repeatedly trying to get a police officer to have sex with her…
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The special election to replace deceased Florida Congressman Bill Young in Florida’s 13th congressional election is getting more national coverage than your average House race. In one of Florida’s few true swing districts, the outcome of the race between Republican David Jolly and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has…
The man in charge of administering the southern region of Miami-Dade schools has been temporarily reassigned following an arrest after a bizarre shooting earlier this month. On February 7, Dr. Alexis Martinez was involved in an incident at a home on SW 94th Place. Neighbors tell CBS 4 that they…
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It was an odd week for former Miami Dolphins athletic trainer Kevin O’Neill. After getting pink-slipped by owner Stephen Ross for his involvement in the Incognito scandal he was awarded one of his professions highest accolades. On Friday, he was given the Fain-Cain Memorial Award for Outstanding Athletic Trainer of…
We still don’t have much of a clue as to what David Beckham’s Miami MLS team will actually look like, but we do know who won’t be designing their kits: Victoria Beckham. Granted, the former pop singer turned designer is known more for cocktail dresses and purses than mesh shorts,…
A road construction project in Miami-Dade that actually end not just on time but early? That may be the story with construction on Alton Road if all goes according to plan. The project — which has led to nightmarishly snarled traffic on South Beach for months — was originally scheduled…
The fact that the Miami Hurricanes are stuck playing 21 miles away from campus in Sun Life Stadium sucks. The likelihood of the team ever getting their own stadium is slim. It’s a situation without many solutions, so news that there’s at least some interest in the Hurricanes perhaps becoming…
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A Florida panther kitten has only been alive for one month but has already had quite an eventful life. The kitten was found in late January in Collier County while biologists were conduction field research. The one-pound kitten was found curled into a ball and suffering from dehydration and low…
Lloyd Jackson Jr.’s Valentine’s Day went pretty well. His date, Tammy Hamilton, 47, decided to stay the night. It wasn’t until he woke up the next morning that he realized that she had stolen his Ford Explorer. And that was only the beginning of his troubles. See, sometimes it is…
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…
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two men after their plan to escape Cuba by windsurfing went awry. Authorities learned of the man’s disappearance after a third Cuban windsurfer successfully completed a nine and a half hour journey and wound up on a private resort beach in Key West…
