WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of apparent liability for forfeiture (FRN No. 0028987949) on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * In the Matter of BLEU 24 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Low Power Television Station WEYW-LP, Key West, FL MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it the application for license to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: As of Nov. 7, more than 55,000 flood loss claims have been reported to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) from Hurricane Helene. The program has paid approximately $830 million in claim payments to policyholders. FEMA has projected Hurricane Helene could potentially generate National Flood Insurance Program claims losses between $3.5 to $7 billion (in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA Fisheries scientists have traveled to South Florida multiple times a year for 15 years to study smalltooth sawfish. During these expeditions, the team spends several days capturing, tagging, and releasing sawfish to study their relative abundance, habitat use, and life history. This endangered species, once found from Texas to North Carolina, is now almost solely found in Florida waters.   more

TAMPA, Florida, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday has sentenced Francisco Cabrera (29, Dover) to 38 years in federal prison for robbery, carjacking, attempted murder, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Cabrera entered a guilty plea on December 1, 2023. According to court documents and evidence presented during the sentencing hearing, between January 13 and 17, 2022,  more

TAMPA, Florida, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: Brandon Eye Associates P.A. (Brandon Eye), an ophthalmology practice with offices in Brandon, Sun City and Plant City, Florida, has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and an analogous Florida statute arising from its billing for trans-cranial doppler ultrasounds (TCDs) provided through a kickback arrangeme  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Nov. 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 a federal jury has found Damion Clarke (33, Lakeland) guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine. Clarke faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has been scheduled for March 12, 2025. According to the evidence and testimony presented during the three-day trial, the FBI Or  more

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On Nov. 7, Joseph Christopher Copeland, 57, was sentenced to 264 months in federal prison, to be followed by ten years' supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Copeland imported 8.9929 kilograms of fentanyl from Mexico to his residence in Sebring, Fla., using a veh  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: Brandon Eye Associates P.A. (Brandon Eye), an ophthalmology practice with offices in Brandon, Sun City and Plant City, Florida, has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and an analogous Florida statute arising from its billing for trans-cranial doppler ultrasounds (TCDs) provided through a kickback arrangement with a third party. Brandon Eye has a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud insurance regulators and policyholders through a web of companies based in North Carolina, Bermuda, Malta, and elsewhere. According to court documents, from no later than 2016 through at least 2019, Greg Lindberg, 54,  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud insurance regulators and policyholders through a web of companies based in North Carolina, Bermuda, Malta, and elsewhere, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney  more