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Federal Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for 2024-12-11 ( 6 items )  
CENTCOM Forces Defeat Houthi Attacks on U.S. Navy and U.S.-Flagged Ships in the Gulf of Aden (10)
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS O'Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden, Dec. 9 10. The destroyers were escorting three U.S. owned, operated, and flagged merchant vessels. The reckless attacks resulted in no injuries and no damage to any vessels, civilians or U.S. Naval. The destroyers succes more PR

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Copper Retirement Network Change Notification Filed By AT&T Florida (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-694) on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Florida (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet si more PR

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Clewiston Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses (10)
FORT MYERS, Florida, Dec. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Felix Alberto Quinones (26, Clewiston) to six years in federal prison for distributing cocaine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense. Quinones pleaded guilty on August 28, 2024. According to court documents Quinones pleaded guilty to selling cocaine  more PR

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Orange County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison For Drug and Firearms Offenses (10)
ORLANDO, Florida, Dec. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Joshua Grant Cobb (34, Orlando) to 25 years in federal prison for possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute them and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Cobb pled guilty on July 31, 2024. According to court documents, law enforcement identified Cobb as a distributor of methamphet more PR

Litigation: SEC Vs. Xtreme Fighting Championships, Steve A. Smith Jr. (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-cv-24802; S.D. Fla. filed Dec. 9, 2024) involving Xtreme Fighting Championships Inc. and Steve A. Smith Jr.: * * * SEC Charges Sports Entertainment and Media Company and CEO for Fraudulent Scheme to Illegally Sell Stock to Investing Public * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it filed charges against Florida-based Xtreme Fighting Championships, Inc. ("X more PR

U.S. Attorney for D.C.: Florida Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Offenses During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged 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. George Gonzalez, more PR