TAMPA, Florida, June 8 -- 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 the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Terry McDonald, Jr. (31, Bradenton) with possession of firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. If convicted on all counts, McDonal  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 8 -- 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 Shawndell Johnson (32, Melbourne) has pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Johnson faces a mandator  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On June 5, a federal jury in Miami convicted a Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) deputy of conspiracy to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA), two counts of false statements to the SBA, and wire fraud, all in relation to her COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. In 2021, Alexandra Acosta, 38, of Tamarac, Florida, conspired with her tax preparer, Vilsaint St Lo  more

ORLANDO, Florida, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza has sentenced Sean Calvin Ellixson (30, Orlando) to 24 years and 5 months in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material. The court also ordered Ellixson to forfeit digital media devices used during the commission of the offense. Ellixson entered a guilty plea on February 6, 2024. According to court documents, on Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA will roll the fully assembled core stage for the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the first crewed Artemis mission out of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in mid-July. The 212-foot-tall stage will be loaded on the agency's Pegasus barge for delivery to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media will have the opportunity to capture images and video, hear remarks from agency and industry leade  more