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A complaint filed July 17 in U.S. District Court alleges that the Community of Jesus, based in Orleans, and two other nonprofits, engaged in forced labor, trafficking and illegal racketeering in the Community of Jesus' Performing Arts Building in Brewster.
The complaint alleges the Community of Jesus, Arts Empowering Life and Performing Arts Building Foundation violated nine federal and state laws. They include forced labor, trafficking with respect to forced labor, conspiracy to recruit, obtain, and transport with respect to forced labor, and unjust enrichment.
Jeffrey Robbins, attorney for the Community of Jesus, called the lawsuit "baseless" in a phone call Aug. 18.
What is the Community of Jesus and what is alleged in the complaint? Click the story link to find out more.
More: Lawsuit alleges Orleans church, Community of Jesus, broke child labor, trafficking laws
On April 15, the Committee for Public Counsel Services Innocence Program filed a revised motion for a new trial in Barnstable Superior Court on Louis Mathews Jr.'s behalf. The court accepted the revised motion on April 25, court records showed.
Mathews, Jr. 57, of Falmouth, is serving a life sentence after being convicted of first degree murder in 2005 for the killing of Scott Turner, 43, of Mashpee.
Mathews Jr.'s conviction should be vacated on three points, the revised motion contends. What are those points and what are the details of his arrest? Click the story link to read more.
More: DNA evidence could help end life sentence for Falmouth man. 'Speculation, not science'
Upper Cape Tech recently received $419,996 to sponsor a diesel service technician program and a welding program after the Healey-Driscoll administration awarded $24.2 million in grants to 23 school districts across the state. The Career Technical Initiative grants awarded Aug. 5 focus on adult learners in evening or third shift programs.
It comes at a time when there is a demand on the Cape for mechanics who can work on diesel engines.
"We need people with these skills desperately," said Christopher Sneed, the service and parts manager at Balise Ford of Cape Cod.
Click the story link to learn more about what is being done to get more students involved with this trade.
More: Upper Cape Tech will train diesel mechanics, welders to meet local needs with $420K grant
Get caught up on all the latest local restaurant news with these latest updates, including Holly's Deli being sold to the owner of Woolfie's Bakery in Dennis Port, Sand Dollar reopening as Terry Brennan's Central Tavern, and how the longtime Four Seas Ice Cream owners were recently honored with a gift.
If these tid bits whet your appetite, click the story link to read more.
More: Cape Cod restaurant news: Two places in Dennis have new owners; Four Seas gift; BBQ dip
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