FBI Serves Warrant At Melbourne Mall
POSTED: Thursday, March 27, 2008
MELBOURNE, Fla. -- The FBI, assisted by the Melbourne Police Department and two Brevard County sheriff's deputies, served a federal warrant at the Freestyle Clothing store at the Melbourne Square Mall on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the police department said.David Couvertier of the FBI said the warrant was connected to an investigation that led to two arrests in Kissimmee in a joint agency operation to combat intellectual property theft, which involved the Kissimmee Police Department, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, the Internal Revenue Service, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Attorney's Office.Couvertier did not provide details on what the warrant entailed, nor whether any items were seized.The two Kissimmee men were charged with involvement in trademark infringements.The combined agencies executed 18 federal warrants in 11 Florida cities, Couvertier said. The searches involved numerous businesses, a private residence, commercial storage facilities, vehicles and bank accounts.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2008 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Three Disney employees are placed on paid leave pending the investigation into Sunday's fatal monorail crash, according to a Disney spokeswoman.
Days before Austin Wuennenberg was killed in a monorail crash at Disney, he helped make a 4-year-old boy's dream come true.
A clerk at a pizzeria cut himself and falsely reported an armed robbery to cover up his drug habit, sheriff's deputies say.
A former Central Florida middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student is sentenced to five years in jail.
Officials investigate the first fatal accident in the 38-year history of Walt Disney World's monorail.
Since Michael Jackson died June 25, fans from around the world have expressed their grief in flowers, balloons, teddy bears, candles, pictures and handwritten notes left throughout the city.
Thousands flock to a small church in Limerick, Ireland, to pray at the stump of a recently cut tree that many believe looks like the Virgin Mary.
Take a quick look at the flicks headed to your multiplex. Check out the trailer, too.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
