OCALA, Florida, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Stephen Cometa (63, Marion County) to 17 years and 3 months in federal prison for forcibly assaulting and resisting federal employees with a deadly and dangerous weapon, and for discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. A federal jury previously found Cometa guilty of the offenses on Dece  more

OCALA, Florida, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Jason Earl Hill (53, Ingles) to 15 years in federal prison for bank robbery. The court also ordered Hill to make restitution to Center State Bank, N.A., in the amount of $2,250. Hill had pleaded guilty on January 4, 2019. According to court documents, Hill robbed a branch of Harbor Community Bank (now known as  more