WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. ABC Pest Control, Inc., which provides residential and commercial pest control services across five counties in Florida, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a pregnancy accommodation charge, the federal agency announced today. In the charge, an employee alleged that ABC Pest Control fired her after she reque  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Lt. Col. James R. Wilson, 919th Special Operations Wing KEFLAVIK, Iceland -- A team of Reservists from Duke Field, Florida, demonstrated the versatility of the C-146A Wolfhound aircraft while supporting joint and NATO forces during Exercise Northern Viking 2024 in Keflavik, Iceland, Aug. 26 - Sept. 4, 2024. Members of the 859th Special Operations Squadron used the venue to illustra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The FBI issued the following news release: JACKSONVILLE, FL--The FBI Jacksonville Field Office has received reports of efforts by scammers to target Florida residents through unsolicited telephone calls in which the caller claims to be a representative of the FBI Fort Walton Beach Resident Agency. There are many versions of the government impersonation scam, and they all exploit aggressive, intimidation tactics. Typically, a scammer contacts a victim via phone, text or   more

OCALA, Florida, Sept. 11 -- 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 arrest of Muller Vedrine (33, Miami) on a two-count indictment charging him with assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers of the United States, and possession of contraband by a federal inmate. If convicted, Vedrine faces up to 14 years in federal prison. According to court records, Vedrine is a federal inma  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: A Colombian national was extradited to the United States on Friday to face charges related to kidnapping and assaulting two members of the U.S. military who were on temporary duty in Bogota, Colombia. Kenny Julieth Uribe Chiran, 35, of Bogota, made her initial court appearance today in Miami, Florida, before Magistrate Judge Eduardo Sanchez   more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: Gal Haimovich, 49, of Israel, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit export control and smuggling violations for his role in a scheme to illegally ship aircraft parts and avionics from U.S. manufacturers and suppliers to Russia, including for the benefit of sanctioned Russian airline companies. As part of his plea agreement, Haimov  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- 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 Crystal Denean Harvell (37, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving a line of credit scheme and one count of wire fraud involving COVID relief fraud through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Harvell faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each coun  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed five Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicles and two missile systems in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. It was determined these systems presented a clear and imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of   more