BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * North Kingstown, R.I.-based business will settle alleged violations for misbranded pesticide devices * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Ocean State Jobbers, Inc., doing business as Ocean State Job Lot, a corporation based out of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: You May QualifyDon't Wait to Apply FRAMINGHAM, MAOver $ 6 million has been approved to date for 971 households. Homeowners and renters in Bristol and Worcester counties with uninsured losses from the September 2023 storms and flooding may be eligible for financial assistance for temporary lodging, basic home repairs, personal property losses and other uninsured   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: * * * Defendant Evaded Taxes on $1.4 Million in Fishing Income Between 2011 and 2021 * * * A Connecticut man pleaded guilty today to evading taxes on income he earned as a commercial fisherman. According to court documents and statements made in court, Brian Kobus, of Durham, Connecticut, worked as a commercial fisherman and deckhand for fishing companies in Massachusetts. After each fi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Boston Waterproofing & Construction twice exposed workers to potentially deadly hazards * * * Twice in less than three months in late 2023, a Boston waterproofing contractor exposed employees to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards at residential worksites in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Warwick, Rhode Island, federal workplace safet  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A repeat convicted felon pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to criminal charges relating to possessing a firearm, multiple rounds of ammunition and fentanyl intended for distribution while on federal supervised release. Francisco Gabriel Diaz, 32, of Boston, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 gr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A former Boston Police officer was sentenced today in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's evidence warehouse. Craig Smalls, 58, of Roxbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to two years' probation. Smalls was also ordered to pay a $16,000 fine as well as $16,252 in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A California-based laboratory, Pacific Toxicology Laboratories (PacTox), has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims for payment to Medicare for urine drug testing (UDT). On Jan. 1, 2020, Medicare established regulations for payment to Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment services for Me  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 1 issued the following news release: Twice in less than three months in late 2023, a Boston waterproofing contractor exposed employees to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards at residential worksites in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Warwick, Rhode Island, federal workplace safety investigators found. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Admi  more