TRAVIS AFB, California, June 14 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Capt. Christian Zamora, 60th Air Mobility Wing Nearly 20 members of leadership across Travis participated in the Lead Wing Command and Control Course (LWC2C) hosted by the 705th Training Squadron, assigned to Hurlburt Field, Florida, at Travis AFB May 14-17, 2024. The course is designed to teach concepts and considerations of integrating lead wing activities to   more

TAMPA, Florida, June 13 -- 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 Nahum Rodriguez-Jaimes (48, Lakeland) pleaded guilty today to three counts of possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Rodriguez-Jaimes faces a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Rodriguez-Jaimes is a citizen of Mexico and subject to deportat  more

TAMPA, Florida, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Elias Xavier Rosario Torres (26, Tampa) and Veronica Estefania Rodriguez Pinuela (23, Tampa) after both were found guilty by a jury on March 8, 2024. Rosario Torres was sentenced to 38 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute fe  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, June 13 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - Today the Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) into the Gulf of Aden. Both missiles struck M/V Verbena, a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, Polish-operated bulk cargo carrier. M/V Verbena most recently docked in Malaysia and was enroute to Italy carrying wood construction material. M/V Verbena reported damage and subsequent fires on board. The cr  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has delayed the maintenance dredging for the federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Sawpit Creek, Nassau County, until early October 2024. The project has been delayed because of active shorebird nests within the beach placement area of Amelia Island State Park. The project was awarded May 16 in the amount of $6.  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, June 12 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed three anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) launchers in a Houthi controlled area of Yemen and one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) launched from a Houthi controlled area of Yemen over the Red Sea. Separately, Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) from Houthi controlled ar  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 23-22345-CIV; S.D. Fla. filed June 26, 2023) involving James L. Koutoulas: * * * On May 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's application to enforce a subpoena for the production of documents to James L. Koutoulas ("Koutoulas "), and denied Koutoulas's petition to quash that subpoena. If a person or entity   more