Kathryn Wright apparently couldn’t face the idea chaperoning her grandchild’s elementary school field trip sober, so police say she decided to down two water bottles full of vodka. Predictably, it didn’t end well. According to Florida Today, Wright, 58 of Palm Bay, was chaperoning a school trip to Wonder Works on…
John Stemberger is perhaps Florida’s best-known homophobe. He was deeply involved in Florida’s effort to ban gay marriage and runs the Florida Family Policy Council, a group that opposes just about any bit of legal protection for the LGBT community. Now he’s decided to start a separate group solely to…
Whether you like it or not, the 2014 campaign cycle is officially here. Gov. Rick Scott has unveiled the first ad in his reelection campaign, and while it might be incredibly early, you can’t blame the guy for wanting to get a head start in boosting his poll numbers.The 107-second…
Florida Gulf Coast University’s amazing Cinderella story in March Madness is probably the most exciting sports thing to happen to Lee County since, well, its minor-league hockey team the Everblades won the ECHL championship or Dion Sanders used to play high school football there. So, yeah, this is pretty much…
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Clerks at the Kwik King Food Store in Ocala, Florida, locked up for the night on March 19, and returned the next morning to discover that a hole had been cut in the store’s ceiling and that several bottles of Monster energy drink and Four Loko were missing.Turns out they’d…
Miami is trying to revamp itself as a bike-friendly city, but this probably isn’t what we had in mind.This morning a man on a bicycle got into an argument with a pedestrian, shot him, and then peddled off in escape. The victim, meanwhile, stumbled into a nearby post office for…
Today the No. 2 seed Miami Hurricanes rolled through the first round of the NCAA tournament by beating the 15th seed Pacific Tigers 78-49.The Hurricanes take their team name from a severe weather system that develops in the ocean. The University of the Pacific is named after an ocean. Can…
Is there really that much difference between a car alarm and your average Skrillex track anyway?Two young men were arrested in Doral on Wednesday for stealing from cars. They later admitted they planned to sell the stolen items in order to buy Ultra tickets…
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The organizers of the Sony Open cannot catch a break. On the men’s side, both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have pulled out of the tournament, and today one of the best women’s players in the world also announced she’ll skip the event.Victoria Azarenka, ranked third in the world, has…
Danilo Jose Mejia Salazar, 63, showed up to work yesterday for his job as a janitor at the Coral Reef Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Southwest Miami-Dade and left after being airlifted to Kendall Regional Medical Center’s Trauma Center.For reasons police are still trying to piece together, Gregoria Rojas, 51,…
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…
What does your basketball program do to grab attention when its sharing a city with the NBA champs and another college basketball team that has become the surprise story of the season? Oh, you know, just float out some crazy basketball court redesigns…
The Miami Dolphins are so confident the NFL is going to hand them a Super Bowl in May they’ve announced today that they’d let the county back out of any stadium renovation deal if Miami isn’t picked as a host…
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A bit of tooth can ruin a good blowjob. Entirely too much tooth can land you behind bars on attempted murder charges.Priscilla Vaughn, a 29-year-old Orange County escort, was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly attacking a client and attempting to bite off his genitals…
Mark Duper spent 11 legendary years with the Miami Dolphins. Now he’s spending some time behind bars.The three-time Pro Bowler was arrested this morning for allegedly leaving a teenage boy unconscious after punching him in the face and slamming him onto the floor several times…
Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe found himself on the wrong side of the law this morning after getting busted for DUI. The arrest comes just a month before he’s set to face off in a runoff election to keep his seat.A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was called out at 3:46 a.m…
Evan Rodriguez was arrested multiple times as a college student, but when the Chicago Bears drafted him in 2012, they were under the impression they were getting a more mature player whose troubled days were behind him.Well, Rodriguez was arrested last night on South Beach for disorderly conduct and resisting…
In a blow to everyone who has expensive taste but low quality standards and lower bank accounts, Customs and Border Protections agents have snagged more than $86 million in fake luxury goods at Miami International Airport over the past six months. In fact, they’ve intercepted more than 505 shipments of…
The unveiling of President Obama’s March Madness bracket has become an annual tradition, but over the past few years he’s lowballed the University of Miami women’s team. This year, he put a bit more faith in the Hurricanes’ men’s team, but has the Hurricanes just missing the Final Four.Oddly, he…
