305 Photo of the Day: From Above
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Karlie Tomica’s Lawyers Try to Get Judge Thrown Off Party Princess Hit-and-Run Case
The lawyers for Karlie Tomica, the 20-year-old Nikki Beach bartender and self-proclaimed “Party Princess,” are trying to get the judge assigned to her DUI hit-and-run case thrown out. Tomica’s lawyers claims Miami-Dade Judge Migna Sanchez Llorens made comments during an earlier court appearance that indicated the judge had formed opinions…
Miami Imam Hafiz Khan Convicted on Four Terrorism Charges
Hafiz Khan, the 77-year-old former cleric at Miami’s Flagler Mosque, could be spending the rest of his life in jail. Khan was convicted on four terrorism related charges this morning after a jury agreed that he had been secretly sending funds to help arm the Taliban. Each charges carries a…
Florida Man Busted for Kiddie Porn After His Son Confided in Church Leaders
Talk about sins of the father. David James Mahn, a 49-year-old from Montverde, Florida, is charged with 200 counts of child-porn possession after his 16-year-old son confided in his youth group leader…
Duke Is Going to Ruin Court-Storming for Hurricanes and the Whole ACC
How sweet it must have been for Miami Hurricanes fans to storm the court earlier this season after knocking off then-number-1-ranked Duke and signaling to the world that they were in fact contenders. Well, Duke and grumpy-ass Coach K are apparently upset about all the times they’ve had to endure…
305 Photo of the Day: Phones Up
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Florida Cops Pull Over Car and Find Drugs Hidden in Butts, Bras and Prosthetic Legs
A Charlotte County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a car full of 20-somethings because its brake lights were broken, but the deputies then ended up playing an odd game of drug hide-and-seek as various substances were found tucked inside the bras, backsides and, yes, even prosthetic legs of the passengers…
Mugshots Friday: Sashay Away
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…
World Outgames, the “Gay Olympics,” Will Be Held in Miami Beach in 2017
Miami may never host the Olympics, and our hopes of future Super Bowls are in doubt, but don’t worry, we’re still a major destination for international sporting competitions. In fact, Miami Beach just beat out Reykjavík, Iceland, to host the World Outgames in 2017…
Terrence Mingo Jr. Arrested for Raping Two Teens at Gunpoint in Overtown
Terrence Dwayne Mingo Jr. is behind bars today after allegedly robbing and raping two teenage girls at gunpoint in the streets of Overtown early Sunday morning. The 25-year-old faces two counts of armed sexual battery and two counts of armed robbery…
305 Photo of the Day: Up to the Moon
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Miami-Dade Begins Enforcing 11 p.m. Curfew for Kids 17 and Younger
Curfew laws targeting minors have been on the books in Miami-Dade for a while, but police actively enforce the ordinance only sporadically. The department announced yesterday that it will enforce the curfew in earnest immediately. Sorry, kids, you’ve got to be off the streets by 11 p.m. on school nights…
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Florida Dog Shoots Owner
The old newsroom saying has it that “dog bites man” isn’t news, but “man bites dog” certainly is. Of course, this is Florida, where both man and dog skip the biting and just go straight to shooting. So, yes, we’re pretty sure “dog shoots man” counts as some sort of…
NCAA Claims Nevin Shapiro Gave Out $170,000 to University of Miami Athletes
So how much did convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro dole out in impermissible benefits to University of Miami athletes, recruits and coaches? About $170,000, says the NCAA.It sure is easy spending money when it’s not really your own, but it’s notable that the approximate amount listed by the NCAA is…
305 Photo of the Day: Man of Many Faces
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Marco Rubio Doesn’t Care If You Lose Your Job Because of the Sequester, But Rick Scott Does
Congress has until midnight tomorrow to avoid the threat of a sequester, and Florida’s two most prominent Republicans seem to have different attitudes on the situation. Sen. Marco Rubio, oddly, doesn’t think sequestration is ideal, but doesn’t seem to mind it too much. He told Fox News this morning that…
Charlie Crist and Rick Scott Tied in Latest Gubernatorial Race Poll
It might have seemed that Rick Scott’s defeat in the 2014 gubernatorial race was pretty much a done deal a year before the campaigns even really began, but the latest poll shows Scott might not be such a pushover. The poll of 600 registered voters conducted earlier this month shows Scott is in…
Pizza Hut Employee Arrested for Dressing Like a Cop for Five Months to Impress His Girlfriend
Christopher Sharp, a 37-year-old resident of Spring Hill, Florida, realized his job at Pizza Hut might not be the most impressive vocation in the eyes of his live-in girlfriend. So instead of landing better employment, Sharp stole a Pasco County Sheriff’s deputy uniform and for five months pretended to be…
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Chris Bosh Attempts to Make Computer Coding Cool With Will.I.Am and Mark Zuckerberg
Four years after the worst of the recession, finding a job is still a living hell, but your chances tend to be a lot better when you know how to do computer coding. So, in an effort to make sure more than 1,000,000 American jobs don’t go unfilled because no…
305 Photo of the Day: Big Bright Ball
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen One of Only Two Current Republicans in Congress to Sign Brief in Favor of Gay Marriage
Seventy-five prominent Republicans have signed a legal brief backing the idea that gay people have a constitutional right to get married according to the New York Times, but to give you an idea of how contentious (and possibly electorally damaging) the issue still is within the party, only two of…
Florida Man Arrested for Assaulting Teen Relative With Taco Bell Burrito
The greatest damage a Taco Bell burrito can do to you is from the inside, but that didn’t stop Erik Brown from using a burrito in a more traditional form of assault.The 36-year-old was arrested February 15 in Port St. Lucie for a domestic dispute involving a burrito as the…