MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, April 18 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command conducted an air drop of humanitarian assistance into Northern Gaza on April 18, 2024, at 1:09 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict. The joint operation included four C-130 U.S. Air Force aircraft, and U.S. Army Soldiers specialized in aerial delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance supplies. The U.S  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Chief's Report April 18, 2024, for the Ponte Vedra Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Study Report in a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The three-year study, which began with the signing of a Federal Cost Sharing Agreemen  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, April 14 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - On April 13 and the morning of April 14, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, supported by U.S. European Command destroyers, successfully engaged and destroyed more than 80 one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA UAV) and at least six ballistic missiles intended to strike Israel from Iran and Yemen. This includes a ballistic missile on its launcher vehicle and seven UAV  more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * McNeill Labor Management exposed H-2A workers to 97-degree heat at Belle Glade site * * * Making the trip from Mexico to South Florida, a 26-year-old man arrived in September 2023, ready to start a new job on a sugar cane farm in Belle Glade. Four days later, he suffered fatal heat-related injuries while working in an open field as the heat  more

JACKSON COUNTY, Florida, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida issued the following news release: In early 2023, Investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office's Narcotics Division, alongside Special Agents and Task Force Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Panama City Residence Office, initiated an investigation targeting a drug trafficking organization (DTO) led by Michael Termaine Bell, Sr. from Jackson County. The invest  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On April 11, a south Florida grand jury returned an indictment charging the owner of a tax preparations business with 15 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns and one count of contempt of court. The indictment alleges that from tax years 2016 through 2021, Beatriz Toledo, 60, of Hialeah, Florida, through her company, Immigration  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 20 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: A room brimming with mentors, mentees and supporters was a telling sight - indicative of the impact that the 2023 Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and Dora Quinlan Mentor of the Year Award winners have had on the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) workforce. Annually, NAVAIR honors one person from each of its 11 sites with the National Mentor of the Year Award, and FRCSE selects win  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: John Can Unsalan, aka Hurrem Can Unsalan, the president of Orlando, Florida-based steel trading firm Metalhouse LLC, was sentenced to six years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering to promote violations of U.S. sanctions against Sergey Kurchenko, a pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch. Unsalan's former business associate, Sergey Karpushkin, a Belarusian national residing in Miami, was sentenced to  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: A Colombian national was extradited from Chile to the United States yesterday to face charges related to kidnapping and assaulting two U.S. Army soldiers who were on temporary duty in Bogota, Colombia. Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa, also known as Tata, 47, of Bogota, will make his initial court appearance today at 1:30 p.m. in Miami, Florida, before Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman of the U.S.  more

TAMPA, Florida, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge James S. Moody has sentenced Rupert G. McLendon, III (51, Tampa) to 90 days in federal prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $37,402, the proceeds of the wire fraud conspiracy. McLendon entered a guilty plea on   more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 20 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (USACE) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, is issuing this Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA) and Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Partial Funding to Additional Water Quality Improvements, Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District, a compo  more