JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) -Jacksonville District will begin releases under Lake Okeechobee Recovery Operations December 7. For the past five years, Lake Okeechobee has experienced several storm events and extended moderately high lake stages. This has led to degraded ecological conditions within the lake, including significant loss of submerged aquatic vegetatio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: Alto Experience, Inc., a ride hailing company that currently operates in Texas, Florida, and California, and previously operated in the District of Columbia and Virginia, violated federal law when it denied reasonable accommodations and employment to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who applied to work as personal drivers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a   more

TAMPA, Florida, Dec. 7 -- 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 of an indictment charging Tampa residents Bridget Luzod (42) and Victor Silva, MD (79) with one count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, 19 counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, and 19 counts of unlawful distribution of co  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: Today, Hector Samuel Esquijerosa, 52, a resident of Miami, pled guilty for his participation in a conspiracy to smuggle merchandise into the United States by means of false and fraudulent invoices presented to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency in charge of collecting import duties. According to court documents, between Septem  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: Cassandra Yolanda Clarke, 45 of Miramar, Fla., had her initial appearance yesterday before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Fort Lauderdale and was charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief loans and grants under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). According to allegations in the indictment, Clarke submitted fraudulent applications on be  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud Medicare by billing over $67 million for medically unnecessary genetic testing. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jose Goyos, 38, of West Palm Beach, was employed at a call center that engaged in deceptive tel  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Over 80 reservists from the 445th Airlift Wing, to include 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, 445th Operations Support Squadron, 445th Maintenance Group, 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 445th Maintenance Squadron, 87th Aerial Port Squadron and the 89th Airlift Squadron, provided suppo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Florida man was found guilty on Dec. 5, 2024, of felony and misdemeanor offenses related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. A federal jury in the District of Columbi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Florida man was sentenced to prison today after he was previously convicted of a felony charge related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Gabriel Augustin Garcia, 43  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The first crop of Robotics Warfare Specialists (RW) is contributing to the stand-up of their rating as they support MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft worldwide operations. The Robotics Warfare Specialists rating was created in March 2024. Chief Robotics Warfare Specialist Ryan Fox, assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19 aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida, highli  more