Captaintobe I think you will find that it is the same case. They were caught in 2002 and just a few days ago sentenced.
KaptinM You are correct. I believe a big part of their legal defense was that even tho they were in the state of Florida, they were operating under Federal rules. They believed that they were clear under the federal rules of 8 hours. In the end they were convicted under the Florida laws, not the FAA ones.
The US have very messed up legal systems, especially in this sort of case when there are different federal, state and I guess city laws.