Ever wonder where those razor-clawing, beak-breaking, brutally mistreated roosters who duke it out in illegal cockfighting rings across South Florida come from? Yeah, neither had Riptide, though in hindsight it makes sense that fighting birds don’t just hatch from the egg with a metal spur tied to their leg and…
In front of a dozen television cameras and a packed room of reporters, Police Chief Miguel Exposito blasted Mayor Tomas Regalado this afternoon over Regaldo’s claims that he was being tailed by police officers. Exposito also defended his department’s conduct in the six recent fatal police shootings that have stirred…
Miami Companions had become one of the premier suppliers of high-class prostitutes in the country with a client base that allegedly included celebrities and men with high-up government connections. They were busted in July of last year, and a judge just ruled that a list of the names of clients…
On Saturday, Miami police shot and killed a 27-year-old suspect in Overtown — the sixth black man they’ve killed since last summer. The latest death has left Chief Miguel Exposito fighting for his job and pleading his case to community leaders that cops only use violence when absolutely necessary.It’s hard…
Duran Barfield, 24, has been accused of inflicting at least 28 fractures in the bones of his 4-month-old son. Though Barfield’s family, including his fiancée and the child’s mother, say he’s a great father, and Barfield claims that the injuries are actually a result of the child falling off a…
Police are investigating a bizarre hit-and-run accident that occurred last night on 27th Avenue in northwest Miami-Dade that left a man dead. What makes the incident so strange is that the driver may not have even noticed he or she hit a man and that the victim may have purposefully…
Miami-resident Gregory Carr and his ex-wife Laurie ran what investigators believe to be one to be one of the biggest high-class prostitution rings in the country. Doing business under the name “Miami Companions,” the Carrs reportedly sent prostitutes and porn stars across the country and charged as much as $500…
In November, Riptide introduced the world to the man known by cops as “Half a Head” because he was missing the entire front of his cranium. Yeah, that was a crazy mugshot, perhaps never to be topped. But wait. Let’s all take a long look at this dude’s face…
Nevin Shapiro, the South Beach architect of a $880 million Ponzi scheme, will have to endure another few weeks of Jersey lockup before learning his punishment. His sentencing, which was originally scheduled for this week, has been postponed until Valentine’s Day, says Rebekah Carmichael, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s…
Elizabeth Cuesta has plead guilty to manslaughter for events that lead up to the death of her 18-month-old son back in May of 2009. The child was left inside Cuesta’s pickup truck in the parking lot of a PetSmart where Cuesta worked. The plea bargain means that Cuesta will not…
Efraim Diveroli, the young Miami Beach gun runner who stirred national outrage two years ago with a fraudulent a $300 million Pentagon ammunition deal, listened with downcast eyes yesterday as a federal judge read aloud his sentence: four years in prison, a $250,000 fine and $149,000 in restitution.The term came…
Police have arrested a man in connection to a horrific car crash early Sunday morning that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth.Cedric Levon Williams, 48, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday at NE 82nd Street and 2nd…
Have you spent the last week wondering why that plate of cookies went untouched and your stocking was bereft of swag? No, it’s not because Santa found out about your massive Medicare fraud; Ol’ Saint Nick’s just got his own problems with Johnny Law. For Mugshot Friday’s very special holiday…
Update: Francisco’s mother, Lauren Chollet, called Riptide on Monday, January 3. She attested that there was “nothing sexual” about the burglary incident at the University of Central Florida: her son was intoxicated and continually entering the wrong dorm rooms. Also, she accused Francisco’s girlfriend of filing false domestic violence claims…
Riptide is the first outlet to get its hands on the Davie Police arrest report of Reynaldo Rodriguez, the driver charged with vehicular homicide in the death of prolific graffiti and tattoo artist Jonathan “Ynot” Corso. The document finally sheds some light on the events of that night, the identities…
Police have arrested a Miami Gardens man with a long record of felony charges in the brutal late-night shooting earlier this month that killed 24-year-old corrections officer Ciara Lee and her two-year-old son as they slept in their bedroom in Liberty City.Henry A. Ferguson, a 22-year-old who was free on…
Yesterday’s bizarre mini-explosion on the tarmac of Miami International Airport was not connected to terrorism, the FBI has confirmed. A piece of luggage exploded when workers were unloading it from the plane. Originally, the explosions was though to be caused by an aerosol can but was actually caused by hundreds…
Ragheb and Nabil Sulaiman, the Perrine convenience store clerks accused to beating a customer to death last month in an argument over pocket change, will have to wait another couple weeks for their first day in court. Their arraignment, which was scheduled this morning, has been bumped back until January…
Most people’s idea of a white Christmas does not involve candy Easter eggs. Then again, Esteban Galtes wasn’t planning to celebrate with wholesome, Vermont-style snow.The 23-year-old Miami resident was caught trying to smuggle approximately $100,000 worth of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport. He had tried to disguise most of…
Charlie Garcia, 30 an 11-year employee at Paul W. Bell Middle School, located in west Miami-Dade, was all set to play Santa Claus for the school’s holiday festivities. Then Broward Sheriff’s Officers knocked on his door. They arrested him for the very un-Santa like crime of possessing child pornography…
Garrett Wittels, the Florida International University baseball star who made national headlines last year with a DiMaggio-esque hitting streak, is about to be all over the interwebs for much less savory reasons. Wittels and two friends have been charged in the rape of two 17-year-old girls in the Bahamas…
Let’s start this list with a caveat: In the 305, the vast majority of police officers are decent men and women risking their lives to protect America’s craziest county. It’s not a job most of us could do, and we salute them for it. Really.But it’s also true that when…
