July 13, 2020 By: Staff Report Gulfport, Miss. – Moss Point Mayor Mario King, 33, and his wife, Natasha R. King, 32, of Moss Point, Mississippi, appeared Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker on fraud charges relating to the Mayor’s Gala held in 2019,…
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July 13, 2020 By: ATF and Staff TAMPA, Fla. – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest of Terrance Lee Hester, Jr. ( 20, Tampa) based on a criminal complaint for damaging or destroying by fire a building used in interstate commerce. Hester surrendered to federal authorities in…
Read More Tampa Man Arrested for Champs Sports Burning in Tampa
July 13, 2020 By: Rick Wilks ORLANDO, Fla. -One month after reopening, Hong Kong Disneyland will temporarily close beginning to comply with the Hong Kong government’s social distancing rules and a rise in COVID-19 cases in the area. A Disney spokesperson said, “As required by…
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July 13, 2020 By: Staff Report TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is working to connect Florida producers with consumers and businesses to purchase Florida products. In light of recent market disruptions caused by COVID-19, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer…
Read More Florida Farm To You, FDACS Connects Consumers and Farmers
July 12, 2020 By: Staff Report BRADENTON, Fla. – Governor DeSantis held a press conference Saturday from Blake Medical Center in Bradenton with a COVID-19 update. DeSantis defended the shut down of bars with the growing number of cases in the state, “When we were…
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July 12, 2020 By: Staff Report NEWARK, N.J. – A federal grand jury today indicted four men for their roles in a massive compounded medication fraud and kickback scheme they ran out of a pharmacy in Clifton, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jeffrey…
Read More Four Men Indicted for Their Roles in $35 Million Pharmacy Compounded Medication Scheme
July 12, 2020 By: Jim Frankowiak Florida (Fla.) – The COVID-19 crisis has substantially impacted Florida’s agricultural industry with new challenges on how to protect workers who are essential to keeping our nation’s food supply flowing. The University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences…
Read More UF Surveying Florida’s AG Industry; Seeking Participants
July 12, 2020 By: The Hendersons and TFP TAMPA, Fla. – Sports is back, well slowly coming back, and Ben and Joe Henderson launched their first Tampa Bay Sports podcast episode in partnership with The Free Press. Tune in Now! Publishers Note: While The Free Press…
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July 12, 2020 ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A former National Football League (NFL) player pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a conspiracy to defraud the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) of over $300,000. Brian Carpenter, 59, of Centreville, played for the Washington Redskins, New York Giants,…
Read More Former NFL Player Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving WMATA
July 12, 2020 By: Staff Report FLORIDA – Farmers and ranchers are invited to submit nominations for the 2021 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest, brought to you by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. The contest celebrates farm dogs who work alongside their people to…
Read More Your Pup Could be Farm Dog of the Year July 2020