News from January 2022
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2022
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement after a hostage situation yesterday at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas...
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2022
Release: The January 13 statement by Guatemala’s Attorney General announcing the filing of a formal request to lift the immunity of judge Erika Aifan is a blatant effort to obstruct investigations into corruption and an affront to the integrity of Guatemala’s highest courts. The State Department recognized Judge...
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
A federal investigation recovered $270,984 in back wages and liquidated damages for 166 workers of a Princeton skilled nursing care facility. The employer failed to pay proper overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
A Hawaii company that provides security officers to the state’s National Guard, the Hawaii State Arts Museum, Foster Botanical Gardens and other public and private facilities, will pay $1,539,773 in back wages and liquidated damages to 171 guards – and civil penalties – after a federal investigation determined the company denied workers overtime pay illegally.Investigators with the U.S.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
The U.S. Marshals Service facilitated the seizure of $126,250 in back wages and liquidated damages and $22,413 in attorney’s fees from the corporate bank account of a New London home healthcare provider after the employers reneged on a payment agreement and defied orders from the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
When three Arcadia citrus farm labor contractors failed to comply with the requirements of the federal H-2A agricultural worker visa program, they shortchanged 123 employees – owing them $72,609 in total wages.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Laws protecting the wages of tipped workers apply whether they work in restaurants or in grocery stores where food is served. A South Carolina employer learned this expensive lesson after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
A federal court has ordered a prominent Long Island thoroughbred horseracing stable and its owner to pay a total of $132,631 in back wages and liquidated damages to 52 grooms and hot walkers at several locations, including Belmont and Aqueduct racetracks.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
The Department of Labor, Department of Education, Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration today announced the members of a cross-agency working group that will collaborate to identify the current and future needs of the telecommunications industry workforce, including the safety of that workforce.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Responding to a complaint that a Findlay auto-parts supplier was ignoring guidelines to limit employee exposure to the coronavirus and that several employees were sick, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company did not enforce its own policy or federal guidelines on social distancing and mask wearing.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the capture of a Michigan man wanted on two counts of first-degree homicide following the Jan. 5 murder of two women.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the capture of a Verona man wanted by the Pittsburgh Police for a December 31, 2021, triple homicide.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
After a coordinated investigation by the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, Justin Johnson was captured today around 3:00 p.m. (C.S.T.) in Indiana.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
The U.S. Marshals – NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is very happy to announce the very quick arrest of the second “Fugitive of the Week” of 2022.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
A fugitive from Birmingham, Alabama was arrested by the United States Marshals Service, and the Flagstaff Police Department, in Flagstaff, AZ on January 12, 2022. Joshua Sanders was wanted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations for his involvement in a double homicide that occurred on Thursday, January 6, 2022, resulting in a mother and daughter being killed.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
Manuel Adriano-Ruiz was captured by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) after Mexican authorities charged him with the aggravated murder.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Justin Santiago, an 18-year-old Reading man.
By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2022
An Arthur City, Texas, man has been convicted of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
