HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news on April 11, 2024: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Base officials welcomed a local 100-year-old veteran here today to acknowledge his military service as a navigator in the B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II. Alfred Benjamin, who celebrated his centennial birthday March 31, served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps Eighth Air Force during 1944 and  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Ecostructive Pro Builders debarred from federally funded projects for 3 years * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $518,446 in back wages for 54 workers after finding a New Hampshire subcontractor did not pay prevailing wage and fringe benefits to construction workers on a federally funded project at the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick. The depa  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Transportation Inspector General issued the following audit announcement on April 10, 2024, entitled "FRA's Oversight of the Roadway Worker Protection Regulation:" * * * From: David Pouliott, Assistant Inspector General for Surface Transportation Audits To: Federal Railroad Administrator In August 2023, a railroad track maintenance machine struck and killed a roadway worker blowing leaves on the same track in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. As there are tens of t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEWARK, N.J. - A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of Lup  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news on April 11, 2024: By Patty Welsh, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Air Force personnel participating in Banshee Innovation Training gave myriad challenge statement presentations to Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, leadership during a culmination event April 5 at the MassChallenge offices. The training is part of a five-year partnership between Hanscom AFB, MassChallenge and the Ai  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The owner of a residential carpentry company was charged yesterday in connection with filing false tax returns for the company. Marcelo De Oliveira, 39, formerly of Everett, was charged with four counts of filing false tax returns. According to the charging documents, De Oliveira was the owner of DeOliveira Carpentry, Inc. It is alleged that  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A Dominican man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for reentering the United States and distributing fentanyl after previously being deported. Juan Carlos Santos-Ocasio, a/k/a "Cristhian Aybar-Done," 44, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to six years in prison, followed by five y  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A Virginia-based nurse practitioner was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), including orthotics such as back and knee braces. Daphne Jenkins, 64, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorto  more

BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut-based Mohawk Northeast Inc. faces $214K in OSHA penalties * * * A Connecticut marine and heavy construction contractor could have prevented the October 2023 collapse of a 200-foot section of pier on Hervey Tichon Avenue in New Bedford -- which plunged five workers into the Acushnet River and injured two of them -- by adhering t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man who worked as an east coast source for trafficking fentanyl on behalf of a Mexican drug supplier was sentenced on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Watly Federico Valenzuela Ruiz, 39, pleaded guilty on Novem  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man pleaded guilty in a federal court in San Antonio to three fatal and one non-fatal overdoses. According to court documents, Mark Elliot Stool, 67, supplied substances containing combinations of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and methamphetamine and heroin, to four individuals between August 2021 and March 2022.  more

PORTLAND, Maine, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: A Brighton, Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for kidnapping and transporting a woman into Maine against her will. U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced Stephen Pilson, 56, to 156 months in prison for kidnapping and 50 months for interstate violation of a protective order, with the sentences to be served concurrently. Judge Levy al  more