News Roundup: Police Searching for Driver who Hit Two Bicyclists

A Judge ruled the use of red light cameras illegal in Aventura. [CBS4]Police are searching for a driver who hit two bicyclists early yesterday morning. He didn’t stop, and then abandoned the car believed to be stolen. [WSVN]The School Board fears the district’s budget could be $250 to $350 million…

Where in the World Is Renyel Pinto? Part Two

The saga of Renyel Pinto, fugitive Marlins reliever, continues. In November, Riptide reported that the rotund Venezuelan pitcher had skipped court dates in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties and was being chased by an arrest warrant and a $6,000 summary judgment as a result.Worse yet, in our mind, Pinto’s Facebook…

City’s Stray Chickens: Friend or Foe?

Until last October, the city used to pay a guy $14,000 a year to round up the thousands of stray chickens that roam our pockmarked streets. In a story in this week’s New Times, Lesther Jorge, the last Chicken Buster, toured some old battle sites, like Overtown, the Gaza of…

Pole Dancers Thrust for Olympic Status

The Winter Olympics may be getting dismal local ratings, but if the pleas of poll dancers across the world to have their “sport” recognized by the Olympics are heeded, we’ve got a feeling ratings would shoot through the roof.  “After a great deal of feedback from the pole dance community,…

Marlins Pitcher Jose Ceda Shot His Friend, Dick Cheney Style

Eventually, we’re all going to end up unwittingly shooting one of our friends. It happens. It happened to Dick Cheney and his hunting buddy. It happened to Charlie Sheen when he inadvertently capped then-fiancée Kelly Preston. It happened to Plaxico Burress and his thigh. Now the Marlins’ Jose Ceda has admitted…

3,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Siezed at MIA Will Head Back to Egypt

We can only imagine the wacky stuff people try to get through customs at Miami International Airport, but a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus certainly stands out. The fancy ancient Egyptian coffin belonged to a fellow named Imesy sometime around 1,000 B.C. but was stolen from Egypt in 1884. After being put on display in Madrid…

Miami Beach Police Plays Mind Games Using Fake Cop Cars

So you’re speeding down the MacArthur Causeway in your beat-up Toyota when you spot a Miami Beach Police cruiser. Only it’s the same cop car you’ve seen there for the past month. It hasn’t moved an inch. It’s been glistening in the morning, slumbering at night — but there’s no…

Rubio Now Leads Crist by 18 Points Among Likely Voters

Voters don’t go to the polls until August, but Marco Rubio, once the underdog in the Republican Senate Primary, appears to have Gov. Charlie Crist down for the count.According to a new Rasmussen poll of likely Republican voters, Rubio now leads Crist 54 percent to 36 percent. By a rate…

Silicon Beach: BarCamp Recap

The fourth annual BarCamp Miami took place yesterday in the Design District’s 4141 Building.  The ad-hoc gathering of about 200 geeks and social media enthusiasts started at 9 a.m. and ended around 6 p.m. with 32 presentations. BarCamp presentations were rich in content but informal.  At this unconference, there was…

Carlos Migoya, Former Wachovia Exec, To Be Named Interim City Manager, UPDATE

Mayor Tomas Regalado will name Carlos Migoya, a former Wachovia Bank president and Autonation executive, as interim city manager later this afternoon, Riptide’s sources say. Migoya will take over from Pete Hernandez, who handed in his resignation on Friday amidst a widening federal probe into the city’s disastrous finances.  …

News Roundup: Fins’ Will Allen Gets Douchiest DUI Ever

Sources tell CBS4 that businessman Carlos Migoya will be named Miami’s new city manager. [CBS4]11 wild horses in Hialeah were captured this weekend. [CBS4]Kim Rothstein was still collecting rent on houses that had been forfeited to the government. [NBCMiami]SportsDolphins cornerback Will Allen got arrested early Saturday morning for …ugh… driving his Ferrari drunk on…

Sources Say Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez Has Resigned

Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez has handed in his resignation, two of Riptide’s sources at City Hall have confirmed. Herandez’s ouster is a major victory for Mayor Tomas Regalado, clearing the way for Regalado to bring in an ally to fill the slot. Sources say that Regalado confronted Hernandez yesterday about…

Mitt Romney Fails to Have LMFAO Arrested After Airplane Scuffle

We haven’t had much love for Mitt Romney since he visited here in a guayabera, bungled a bunch of local politicians’ names, and accidentally quoted Fidel Castro, but we sure as hell don’t have love for LMFAO. The “I’m in Miami, Bitch!” hit-makers are just the absolute worst, and if we…

Marco Rubio Loves Waterboarding and Is Satan Because of It

Does Marco Rubio love torture? The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank sure seems to think so.During Rubio’s CPAC speech yesterday, the crowd of conservative activists couldn’t get enough of shouting, “Marco! Marco! Marco!” “That Marco cheer always worries me because I’m always afraid that someone is going to starting screaming ‘Polo’ and would ruin…