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Apr 27, 2021
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday announced that Scott Good, a Centre County contractor, has been sentenced to an aggregate of four months to two years minus four days in prison, followed by three years probation, and to pay a fine and provide 200 hours of community service.
Good was also ordered to pay $64,157.09 in restitution for stealing employees’ wages for five years. His business, GoodCo, received a $10,000 fine. The sentencing is the result of an investigation that found Good underpaid workers on prevailing wage projects.
“The days when companies could screw over workers and not be held accountable to the law are over. If employers steal from their workers, through misclassification or violations of the prevailing wage, we will act,” Shapiro said in a press release. “My office is committed, with our partners in law enforcement, to make sure working Pennsylvanians receive the wages and benefits owed to them under the law
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Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement official condemned Vandergrift police Officer William Moore’s conduct during a police call this month, saying the officer “should not be trusted” to carry out the duties of his job.
Footage of the April 17 incident that started inside G&G Restaurant was taken by a Black patron being questioned by Moore. During the heated exchange that ultimately ended outside the restaurant, the patron accused Moore of racial profiling. Vandergrift police Chief Joe Caporali had said Moore was responding to a 911 call reporting that a Black man was smoking marijuana outside the restaurant.
Photo: Courtesy office of Gov. Tom Wolf Josh Shapiro After an investigation was called into the conduct of a Vandergrift Police officer against a Black diner customer who claims he was racially profiled, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is speaking out on the case, saying that the diner was harassed by the officer and “he should not be trusted to uphold the responsibilities of being a police officer.” On April 17, a patron at a restaurant in Vandergrift in Westmoreland County recorded an encounter he had with a police officer and posted the video on social media, which soon went viral. According to reporting from WTAE, Vandergrift Police officer William Moore approached a couple dining in G & G restaurant and asked about their service dog. The woman then took the dog home, but the man, Marcus Townsend, stayed.
RADNOR â On the same day the U.S. Senate approved legislation to better protect the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities from hate crimes, law enforcement officials and members of the public gathered in Radnor and over Zoom for a community conversation on dealing with the issue locally.
Thursday night, Radnor police, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, other state and federal law enforcement, and others gathered to discuss and raise awareness and to share possible solutions toward racism and violence toward the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities.
Shapiro, who spoke over Zoom, said his office is actively trying to root out anti-Asian bias and incidents of hate across the state.