South Florida’s Diamond Dan of Justice Junkies is a video vigilante
South Florida’s Daniel “Diamond Dan” Kerness of Justice Junkies is a video vigilante
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Taped Crusader: For Victims Without Recourse, Justice Junkies Aims to Right Wrong
Just before midnight, the Pollo Tropical is empty, except for a couple of teenagers pointing toward the window and smirking. They’ve spotted a peculiar-looking 38-year-old who’s crouching behind a bush outside in the darkness. He’s clad in a Sesame Street T-shirt and a gold chain necklace, and his once-slicked-back hair…
Duck Soup? That Quacker on Your Plate Might Have Been Napped
Mary, a straight-talking senior citizen, is the kind of woman who would jump in front of a car to save a family of ducklings. So you can imagine the sense of horror when — lying in bed one night — she heard the sound of a mother duck in pain…
Miami Book Fair International Preview: That Guy From the Mac Commercials Can Write!
Minor television personality and big-time genius John Hodgeman is an expert on things that don’t matter: Presidents who have hooks for hands. The perfect name for a Hobo. Monsters hunters. He’ll be in town for the Miami Book Fair International (November 8-15)and is one of those authors who could fly…
Miami Beach drag queen Shelley Novak says she got slugged over a cell phone
Miami Beach drag queen Shelley Novak says she got slugged over a cell phone
What a Drag: Shelley Novak’s South Beach Street Brawl Ends with Police
South 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…
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Miami Beach Will Improve Its Gay Rights Ordinance
When it comes to gay rights in Florida, the Miami Beach is an island of awesomeness. It’s almost like discovering a San Francisco in a sea of Alabama. In 1992, city commissioners were among the first to advocate protecting LGBT folks from workplace discrimination. This past Wednesday, the commission unanimously…
Pet Rescue in Miami Gardens Closes, Volunteers Fear Cats Will Be Put Down
Last winter, the Miami Herald ran an article about pet owners who were forced to give up their animals. The reason: They were broke, the economy was crap, and having a cat or a dog is expensive. Fortunately, feline lovers were able to leave their pets at an intimate, family-run…
Miami’s MSG Cartel graffiti crew crumbles
Miami’s MSG Cartel graffiti crew crumbles
The Trouble with MSG: Is Miami’s Best-Known Graffiti Crew Crumbling?
Atomik, a hot-tempered graffiti bomber, shakes a can of yellow spray paint and nods toward a pair of toothless Haitian men. “These guys won’t mind if I tag their dumpster,” he says and then scribbles his moniker onto the rust-blasted box. In an alley near NW 71st Street, the onlookers…
Perfume Bandits Get Caught On Camera
Miami-Dade cops are on the hunt for thieves with a taste for Chanel No. 5. Last week, two men allegedly broke into a commercial warehouse at 320 NE 187th Street. They stuffed $100,000 worth of expensive perfume into a white Ford Van. (Riptide likes to imagine the crooks have a…
As Baby-in-a-Garbage Bag Trial Begins, Disgraced Doctor is Still Practicing
You can bet there’ll be plenty of riled up, sign-waving pro-lifers outside the Miami-Dade courthouse Friday. One of the country’s most gripping abortion trials will begin at 9 a.m. And Riptide has some new info to add to an old case. Back in 2006, an 18-year-old mother named Scyloria Williams…
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Fort Lauderdale’s Total Focus Professional Photography and Video is a scam, say angry newlyweds
Fort Lauderdale’s Total Focus Professional Photography and Video is a scam, say angry newlyweds
Rollerblading thief nabbed in midtown Miami
Rollerblading thief Michael Everett nabbed in midtown Miami
Hunters Push to Legalize Fishing Once-Endangered Goliath Grouper
Shhhhhhhh. Listen to that. It’s the sound of hundreds of feisty, cow-size fish making sweet, sweet love. Early October is the height of spawning season for goliath grouper, which means the rare floating horndogs are getting busy in Miami waters as we speak. In early fall, the once-endangered, hermaphroditic giants…
Midtown’s Roller Thief: He Came, He Skated, He Got Busted
OK, so you’re a thieving former prostitute breaking into a few cars. You smash some windows with your elbows and look for goodies you can flip quickly on the street — a cell phone, a GPS, whatever. Question: What get-away vehicle do you choose if you want to create the…
Bash the Bride: Newlyweds Say Total Focus Video Scammed Them
If angry brides in Miami were to suddenly sprout fangs and stomp north like a mob of fuming Sasquatches, there’s one business that just might scream and run. In the past two years, Fort Lauderdale-based Total Focus Professional Photography and Video — which banks on wedding DVDs — has provoked…
The Rich and the Sick: Steel Magnate’s Granddaughter Battles Ex-Hubby in Court
Miami’s crop of the very, very wealthy is an odd breed, and Riptide can’t help studying it the way Marty Stouffer scoped out bobcats on Wild America. Observe the insanely rich woman in her natural habitat. Watch her peculiar mating habits. See her messy court case. Take Alice Takach for…
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Art Opening: Brickell Woman Paints with Menstrual Blood
Think of Jackson Pollock standing above a blank canvas, holding a jar of paint. Then wave a wand and turn him into a giggly half-Filipino gal from Miami. Her name is Lani and she has big eyes and exceptionally pink cheeks. Can you picture her? She’s pretty, right? OK, now…
Hollywood Playhouse hubbub might mean no Matchmaker
Hollywood Playhouse hubbub between Herb Ault and Israel Valdes might mean no Matchmaker onstage
Teaching Assistant Says Club B.E.D. Gave Her the Boot Because She’s Fat
Being a chubby girl on South Beach is a lot like having pigeon toes in a gym class full of Dwyane Wades. With all of those high-heeled model types, it’s easy to feel inadequate. Lorraine Nevot knows that feeling well. The heavyset, 27-year-old teaching assistant says Club B.E.D. turned her away…
Canadian Filmmakers Document Miami’s Squatter Movement
Remember the squatters? Last winter, there was a media fest in Miami about homeless families taking over abandoned, foreclosed homes. After New Times broke the story, broadcasts from CNN to NPR followed. The tale had an apocalyptic, end-of-days vibe to it. South Florida’s real estate bust was so bad it felt…