Thursday - November 28, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Wednesday August 07, 2024 ( 5 items )  

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - June 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.2 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

BLS - Mid-Atlantic Region Issues Report Entitled 'Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area - June 2024'
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 2, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Federal Inmate Sentenced to 30 Years' Imprisonment for Assault With Intent to Commit Murder and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lorenzo Scott, age 51, formerly of Rayville, Louisiana, and an inmate at the United States Penitentiary (USP) at Lewisburg, was sentenced on August 2, 2024, by Chief District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, to 30 years' imprisonment following his conviction of assault   more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Johnstown Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine Trafficking
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: A resident of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. George Mazey, 53, pleaded guilty to Counts One and Eight of the Superseding Indictment before Senior United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson. In connection with   more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Youngstown, Ohio, Resident Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Conspiring to Distribute Large Quantities of Fentanyl, Fluorofentanyl, and Cocaine
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: A resident of Youngstown, Ohio, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of distributing fentanyl resulting in death and conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, fluorofentanyl, and cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Eliot Gentry, 27, pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Ju  more