WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Ohio Company Pleads Guilty in Worker Death Case A Delaware corporation with a manufacturing facility in Ohio pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of Ohio to a charge of willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule. The criminal charge is related to an incident where an employee was killed when a pneumatic door closed on h  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Feb. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: * * * Ohio County Man Sentenced to Decade for Role in Drug Trafficking Operation WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Daryl Smith, 50, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for the distribution of cocaine base. According to court documents and statements made in court, Smith was selling cocaine base in Ohio County a  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Man Charged with Smuggling Body Armor from China to Sell to Law Enforcement Customers as American Made Counterfeit body armor with fake DOJ certifications was sold nationwide CLEVELAND - Vall Iliev, 69, of Stow, Ohio, has been charged in a three-count information with smuggling foreign-made body armor and then selling it to law enforcement agencies and o  more