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…
For the last two weeks Short Order has been paring down a group of eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown.” This is the first finals round-up. We are awaiting results for Coral Gables vs. Midtown/Design District/Wynwood, which will be finished Tuesday, (Guess which wealthy neighborhood is winning.)Read our arguments and…
Yesterday, law enforcement officials finally busted the criminals behind one of the most brazen real estate scams in the state that has the second-most cases of mortgage fraud in America. Ayda Young, Yohany Garcia, Zoraida Abreu and Johnny Bou-Nassar were criminally charged in a multiple-count racketeering and grand theft indictment…
Reader mail: Quit chopping baby penises already
Jeremy Lin, avoid Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian
It was an Only-In-Miami scam first reported by New Times. Three women promised local and out-of-state investors luxurious homes in foreclosure at super awesome discounted prices by claiming they had inside sources at the Miami-Dade County Clerk’s Office that could get them the properties before going to auction. They also…
One word describes Fane Lozman perfectly: Pugnacious. Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the ex-U.S. Marine pilot’s appeal that the City of Riviera Beach unlawfully removed his “floating home.” Last year, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Lozman’s complaint, in which he argued his “floating home” is…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown.” This is the second semi-finals entry. Today pits Coral Gables against Midtown/Design District/Wynwood. Which of these two is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment…
Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke counsels New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin. The New York Knicks and Jeremy Lin are coming to town…
It’s the third Monday of the month and you know what that means: “S#!@… another Monday”. Oh yeah, and it’s Presidents Day. And believe it or not, Presidents can be funny.Now, let’s be honest. We love it when someone we know makes a fool of himself – even better when…
The 94-second video opens with a still shot of Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman sporting a crisp white dress shirt, bold red tie, and dark pressed slacks. His hands are on his hips and his hair is slicked back, Mitt Romney-style. An off-screen narrator with a baritone voice praises Bateman as…
In a demonstration of government oversight reaching Orwellian proportions, a 4-year-old’s lunchbox was inspected and its contents deemed inappropriate for her to eat.The incident, which occurred at West Hoke Elementary School in North Carolina, is a perfect example of why the government should stay out of our kitchens and our…
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…
Chef Daniel Serfer has folks waiting on line to get a seat in his little Blue Collar space. The fare is honest, and, more importantly, so are the prices. Now the restaurant’s “White Collar Weekends” will bring a rotating set of “sophisticated specials” each Friday and Saturday evening. New offerings…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown.” This is the first semi-finals entry. Today pits Coconut Grove against Downtown Miami. Which of these two is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will pair eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown”. This is the first semi-final round-up. This afternoon we’ll pit Coconut Grove against Downtown Miami. Which one is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment.For north…
When he was a kid, Steve Petersen had a cameo role alongside Don Johnson in an episode of Miami Vice, the epic fictional crime series that captured the city’s heady cocaine-fueled era during the 1980s. As a teen, he interned at the Miami Herald where he met great reporters like…
Reader mail: Gay-bashing Buju Banton needs to make peace with the Lord
Forget Facebook: Twitter is for minorities
Call us crazy. But if two people saw Banana Republican approach someone, sucker punch him or her, and then pin our victim to the ground, chances are we’d be taking a ride down to Miami-Dade County jail. In fact, any Joe Schmo would have been arrested for assault or battery…
Just over a year ago, the inaugural post of Mugshots Friday introduced the world to a Miami man, arrested for soliciting a prostitute, who appeared to be missing half of the top of his head. He was regularly arrested for petty crimes, and one officer wrote “Half a Head” under…
This happy news just in from Miami PD: On February 14, 2012, at approximately 1:20 p.m., a white male subject posing as a flower delivery man knocked on the door a house located at 30 SW 59th Ave. Once the victim (Scheryl Garcia) opened the door, the subject, armed with…
