That interruption could have caused a real blockage in preparing our workforce, and that was something we cant have in South Dakota.. On November 17, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Joseph Ashton, former United Auto Workers (UAW) International Vice President in the General Motors (GM) Department and former director of the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources (CHR), located in Detroit, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 12 months of supervised release. News Watch documented a wide range of negative effects on South Dakota businesses in 2020-21. Welcome to the official website for the Eric Berger, 53, of Chicago, and Reginald Richmond, 29, of Sunrise Terrace. It literally kept some people in business and helped us to just go on.. [FR Doc. Possession with intent to distribute heroin; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; felon in possession of a firearm. An indictment is a formal criminal charge brought against a defendant; it does not indicate guilt or innocence. The big thing it bought was access, because without that money, its not hard to imagine closures of health care facilities or limits on services. On June 22, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Frank Giovinco, was sentenced to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Assault of an intimate partner and dating partner in Indian Country; assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to commit bodily harm in Indian Country. Another $235 million was provided in additional unemployment compensation to people who could not work during the pandemic. - Prior COVID-19 Administrative Orders, NextGen: Linking PACER and CM/ECF Accounts. 371, 1952(a)(3), and 29 U.S.C. 504(a) and (b), respectively. Cofer was also ordered to pay $9,608 in restitution and an assessment of $100. Romero was also ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined at a hearing on September 8, 2020. Unexpected consequences befell numerous industries, including newspapers that saw advertising dry up, arenas that canceled big events, and even funeral homes that saw a temporary end to in-person wakes and services. Assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to commit bodily harm in Indian Country. United States Attorney The announcement of the groundbreaking for the project was made Wednesday, Oct. 14. Hospitals and other medical facilities endured difficulties on several levels, from trying to learn about and treat COVID-19 cases early on, to keeping staff and administrators safe from infection, to coping with a workforce crisis in which many employees retired, stayed home to help family members or caught the virus themselves. MATTHEW ROY LAWSON. STEPHEN JACK NELSON. On December 4, 2019, Blake pleaded guilty to one count of making a false entry in a union record, in violation of 29 U.S.C. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the primary investigative agency. 501(c). No other health care providers were impacted by the pandemic to the extent that nursing homes were, particularly in the absolutely critical area of staffing.. A federal grand jury has indicted several people in connection with a drug trafficking ring originating in Michigan and involving drug trafficking, including of oxycodone and the lethal fentanyl, in Minot and on the Fort Berthold reservation. A grand jury Indictment does not constitute evidence of guilt. The sentencing follows an investigation conducted by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office, the Department of Labors Office of Inspector General, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration. The state K-12 public education system was hit with an unprecedented crisis when the COVID-19 pandemic struck midway through the second semester of the 2019-20 school year. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte returned yesterday a criminal indictment charging four individuals with federal charges for their involvement in a drug conspiracy trafficking methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray and the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Atlanta Field . The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the primary investigative agency. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office. Worker shortages plagued health care, construction and government.