OGUNQUIT, Maine (WMTW) - The Coast Guard is reminding the public that knowingly transmitting false distress calls is a federal crime, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $250,000, ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The U.S. Coast Guard continues looking for whoever may have made multiple false distress calls transmitted over VHF channel 16 coming from the Cape Fear area. “Mayday!

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 30-foot recreational boat that issued a distress call in Great Kills Harbor Monday morning was escorted back to the dock, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman said. The Coast Guard ...

A surfer in distress at San Francisco's Ocean Beach died from their injuries, the city's fire department says.

U.S. Coast Guard investigators are seeking the public's help to identify a voice in apparent hoax calls.Investigators said a series of as many as 16 falsified distress calls were transmitted over VHF ...

IT STARTS AT 630. A VERO BEACH MAN IS NOW FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF FALSELY REPORTING AN AIRBOAT ACCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS CALL TO 911 PROMPTED A LARGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. ALL FOR SOMETHING THAT ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The U.S. Coast Guard searched the Virginia coastline for the source of an apparent mayday distress call. A Facebook post from the Coast Guard early Sunday morning says that ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Florida (WPBF) — A Vero Beach man is accused of falsely reporting an airboat accident and is facing charges. According to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, night staff ...