The number one rule of a robbery is never leave anything behind that could identify you, yet Florida thieves lately are having a hard time following that simple guideline. Anthony Thomas is accused of stealing from a gas station in Ocala. How did cops find him? Oh, he left behind…
It’s a story of broken trust, backstabbing, and revenge. It’s Charlie Crist’s upcoming book. Yes, Florida’s most famous Republican turned Democrat is penning a tell-all book about his journey from “Ronald Reagan Republican” to Obama-hugging Democrat, and it’s coming out this winter…
Good news, Miami: Tropical Storm Chantal has already lost some pop, with winds decreasing to 45 mph overnight, and is likely to lose more as Haiti’s mountainous landscape tears up the storm today. The bad news is that the storm looks more likely than ever to ruin this weekend in…
When the Heat signed Chris “Birdman” Andersen in January, Riptide chuckled and called the move a “long shot to fix the Miami Heat’s rebounding woes but… a lead-pipe lock to fix the lack of hilarious people on the Heat.” We Dewey-defeats-Truman’d that one. Birdman re-energized the entire squad, ripped down…
Yesterday, the Department of Justice delivered a 14-page public smackdown to the City of Miami Police Department that shows a pattern of excessive, deadly force, lack of supervision, and suspiciously drawn-out investigations. The feds’ findings mean not only a headache for the city’s top cops but also possible settlements in…
Just last year Marco Rubio was dubbed the “Republican Savior.” Now he’s getting booed by the Tea Partiers who first helped him come to power, and that fall is reflected in several new national polls. Over at Five Thirty Eight, Micah Cohen analyzes Rubio’s latest numbers. It’s not a pretty…
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Following a spree in which City of Miami Police shot and killed seven black men, many of them unarmed, in a span of eight months between 2010 and 2011, the Department of Justice has found that the department’s pattern of using excessive force was in violation of the Fourth Amendment…
There’s no honor among thieves, and apparently no complimentary wake-up service either. Domonique Pinkard, 21, and Julian Evangelist, 20, broke into a home in Lady Lake, Florida, on Sunday, but when Pinkard passed out on the victim’s coach, Evangelist decided to just leave him there. Which turned out to be…
Well, tasteful male nudity has kept Don Bailey Carpets in business for all these years, so the fact that the Miami Marlins’ sole remaining star, Giancarlo Stanton, decided to strip down to his birthday suit for ESPN Magazine’s annual Body Issue could only help the Marlins’ ticket sales. Pics after…
A man was left stripped of his clothes with a bullet in his stomach early this morning in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood after being approached by two unknown men. His girlfriend, who was with him at the time, was able to escape and get help…
You might want to think twice before forcing your local bank teller to cash last week’s paycheck in all singles to hoard in your emergency bunker. Forecasters are still unsure if Tropical Storm Chantal will make it to Florida. If it does arrive, tentatively expect to have your Hypnotiq-fueled hurricane…
Curmudgeonly old men of Florida, meet your new role model. His name is Richard D. Rice, he’s a sprightly 72 years old, and when the punk kids on the block wouldn’t stop with their damn fireworks, he poured gasoline everywhere and told them: “The party’s over.” Then the coup de…
Even on the slowest of rainy weekday afternoons, getting to South Beach via the MacArthur Causeway requires the Zen patience of a yogi to survive the thousands of tourists gawking at Biscayne Bay and frantically weaving between lanes. It’s about to get much worse. The flyover that deposits traffic onto…
Former Miami-Dade County commissioner and failed mayoral candidate Joe Martinez has launched his own cologne. It’s called the Commissioner. It has top notes of anise and cardamom. It retails for $33.33 online. It comes with the tag line “There’s no future quitting.” It’s being sold in stores exclusively by Santayana…
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The future of one of the most storied buildings in Miami Beach is once again in question as the owner of Casa Casuarina, still widely known as the Versace mansion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of this month. It’s just the latest chapter in the building’s recent…
We guess when some people see a big, hard, purple cock they get an uncontrollable urge to ride that beast. Unfortunately for Darrin Luke Edwards, 19, Tyler Lee Jones, 21, and James Joseph Smith, 18, of Putnam County, such an urge landed them behind bars…
Former University of Florida star and current accused murderer Aaron Hernandez is suddenly getting a lot of sympathy. First, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson was quoted as saying the deposed Patriot was a “model inmate” who didn’t show signs of nervousness. And now, the American Civil Liberties Union is using…
There’s a pissed-off lady named Chantal getting set to ruin your weekend Wynwood Art Walk plans, Miami. No, no, not that Tootsie’s dancer you had a beef with — it’s Tropical Storm Chantal, and it looks to be headed in South Florida’s direction just in time for the weekend. Chantal…
Miami is chock full of more cocaine than a Mexican narco-piñata. And yet, the city’s most dangerous drug may just be imaginary. According to an investigation by USA Today, Miami is the main staging ground for controversial ATF sting operations in which undercover agents trick suspects into plotting robberies of…
Colin Kaepernick just led the San Francisco 49ers to an NFC championship, but yesterday he had another team on his mind. Last season’s breakout QB was spotted wearing a Miami Dolphins hat at a Fourth of July party…
