Articles Tagged with ''crime''

A 43-year-old construction worker died after a roof collapse during unpermitted demolition at a former Brooklyn, N.Y., steakhouse, prompting multiple city and federal investigations.

ICE agents arrested 11 workers at a Massachusetts roofing company and five more in East Boston as part of a federal crackdown on alleged unauthorized hiring and immigration violations.

Two roofing company owners in the New York tri-state area are facing federal tax evasion charges on more than $2M in unreported income.

Contractors warn Trump’s latest immigration orders, signed on April 28, could worsen labor shortages, disrupt roofing projects and trigger stagflation by driving up costs and slowing growth.

As tariff uncertainty swirls, businesses may be at greater risk for theft and vandalism. 

Local roofers and the Grand Junction community rallied to help a nonprofit fix its roof — and recover stolen materials — after a surge of online support.

ICE conducted a workplace raid at the warehouse of a roofing contractor in Washington State, arresting 37 workers for alleged immigration violations. 

After a Columbia, Mo. man accidentally shot himself in a gas station, he then threw the stolen gun onto a nearby roof and now faces felony charges; he is being held on a $15,000 bond.

An update on a story initially reported last fall: the owner of a Florida roofing company and his office manager have been sentenced to prison for a $2.5 million tax fraud scheme that involved making off-the-books payments to employees to evade employment taxes.

Federal agents uncovered 700,000 fentanyl pills hidden in roofing shingles, exposing a new smuggling tactic that raises safety concerns for contractors and supply chains.