BALTIMORE -- Federal investigators are asking for the public's help to identify a caller they say is responsible for at least 16 hoax distress calls coming from the Baltimore area. Commander Roberto ...

The number of fake distress calls on the Great Lakes is three times higher than last year, and the spike is endangering lives and costing thousands of dollars, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Many ...

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 ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (WABI) - The Coast Guard is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspected hoax caller in Bar Harbor. Officials said they received multiple reports of a mariner in distress ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The callers may think it’s funny, but the U.S. Coast Guard isn’t laughing about a number of hoax radio calls it’s receiving. The Coast Guard in St. Petersburg is asking for the ...

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 ...

SANDY HOOK — The U.S. Coast Guard launched an investigation Tuesday into a possible hoax after a 10-hour search turned up no sign of four boaters who sent distress calls saying they were abandoning ...

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 ...