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UPS driver dies from assault; co-worker taken in custody
WATERTOWN, Conn. â A UPS employee sought in a deadly assault on a co-worker was taken into custody Wednesday, Connecticut state police said.
The suspect, Elijah David Bertrand, 19, had been sought by authorities since Tuesday night when a fellow UPS worker was found suffering from injuries.
The two men apparently were riding in the same vehicle before the assault, Connecticut State Police Trooper Joseu Dorelus said at a news conference. The motive was unknown. A weapon was recovered at the scene, Dorelus said.
Bertrand was located and taken into state police custody, the agency said on Twitter. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
Kentucky state audit finds issues with Unemployment Program
Associated PressDecember 23, 2020 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) Kentucky’s Auditor of Public Accounts, Mike Harmon said the state’s Office of Unemployment Insurance is unable to accurately determine the amount of claims still outstanding while a large backlog of claims remain unresolved.
In a letter to Kentucky’s Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary on Tuesday, he noted that the removal of some internal controls in order to hasten the processing of unemployment benefit payments increased the risk of fraud and misstatements. He also reported that the audit found that payments were paid to claimants without verifying whether or not they were eligible.
Katelyn Gray was a day care worker in Owensboro when she was laid off in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many others across the state, Gray filed for unemployment. She received two checks with the $600 in federal enhanced benefits.
Then, the enhanced payments stopped. Grayâs employment reverted back to $150 every two weeks, then to $75, which is what Gray said she is still receiving.
Meanwhile, Grayâs fiance, Joseph Curtis, who was also laid off, never received any unemployment.
âHe went back to work for a month or so and got laid off again,â Gray said in a recent interview. âI have filed probably six to eight claims since he was laid off again, trying to figure out how to fix it.â
Pennyrile Electric has been presented with the Governor’s Safety and Health Award.
The labor cabinet reports Pennyrile Rural Electric achieved 1,006,533 hours worked without a lost-time injury by employees from April 5, 2016, to September 2020.
The Kentucky Labor Cabinet presents the award to highlight outstanding safety and health performance in Kentucky’s workplaces. A business may qualify for the award if its employees achieve a required number of hours worked without experiencing a lost-time injury or illness. The required number of hours is dependent upon the number of employees.
Pennyrile Rural Electric was established in 1937 and brings electricity to rural homes in western Kentucky. The company serves more than 48,000 members in parts of nine counties.