Alcohol and boating don’t mix, I’ve heard it said. That’s especially true when you’re in a stolen boat and the best story you can come up with to tell authorities after drifting into a restricted area is that you tossed ...

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U.S. v. Serafini (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-102-16, 12 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 15-4383, June 10, 2016; USDC at Newport News, Va. (Doumar, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit says a defendant who was discovered intoxicated on a stolen 24-foot ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A man whose family says he was missing at sea for more than two months is back on dry land and reuniting with his family. The crew of a German-flagged container ship found Louis Jordan floating ...

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The commander of Coast Guard operations in South Carolina and Georgia has been removed.

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A Coast Guard lieutenant has pleaded guilty to military charges of assault and other misconduct while in port in Panama.

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All of the Coast Guard's law enforcement training programs have now been consolidated in South Carolina.

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Angelex Ltd. v. U.S. : A federal district court did not have jurisdiction to review the Coast Guard’s bond fixed for release of a detained ship under investigation for potential violations of certain ocean pollution prevention statutes; the 4th Circuit reverses the district court order altering the terms of the bond and remands for dismissal.

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