WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced the following assignments: Rear Adm. (lower half) Amy N. Bauernschmidt is assigned as deputy commander, Seventh Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan. Rear Adm. (lower half) Walter D. Brafford is assigned as commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command, with additional duties as Chief of the Dental Corps, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Rear Adm. (lower half  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Neal Brij Sidhwaney (43, Fernandina Beach) has pleaded guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to kill. Sidhwaney faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to court documents, on July 31, 2023, Sidhwaney placed a phone call from Florida   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Two Florida men were sentenced today for their roles in a multi-state scheme to defraud insurance companies by using rural hospitals to bill for urine drug testing that was not reimbursable and not medically necessary. Jorge Perez, 63, of Miami, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison. Ricardo Perez, 60, also of Miami, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison. According to cour  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has indicted four individuals for their alleged roles in a sweeping, multi-state burglary ring that primarily targeted residents of Asian descent, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. The indictment alleges that members of the conspiracy: Mohammed Islam, 29, of Stamford, CT; Jorge Andres Cardenas Murillo, 30, of College Poin  more