HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, commander Air Force Special Operations Command, shared his outlook on balancing current operational success and future requirements in the face of Great Power Competition during the Air and Space Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference panel here Sept 16. "It is an exciting time to be in AFSOC, we are leaning very hard into f  more

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 17 -- 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 Jeanty Cherilus (54, Lakeland) with five counts of wire fraud. Cherilus faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Cherilus that the United States is seeking an order of forfeiture in the amount of $370,000, the proceeds of th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Note: View the criminal complaint here (https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1368091/dl). * * * Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii, has been charged by a criminal complaint in the Southern District of Florida with firearms charges related to an incident at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Sept. 15. Routh was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: ATLANTA -The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that certain Private Non-Profit organizations (PNPs) in eight additional Florida counties are now eligible to apply for low interest disaster loans for damages as a result of Hurricane Debby that occurred Aug. 1 - 27. The new counties added to the disaster declaration are Alachua, Clay  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Denis Postovoy, 44, a Russian citizen living in Sarasota, Florida, was arrested this morning in Sarasota, Florida on an indictment charging him with conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act, to commit smuggling, to commit money laundering, and to defraud the United States. The indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Assistant Attorney General M  more