A judge has found James Whipple, co-owner of Loch Haven Amoco, Edgewater, Maryland, guilty of second degree assault against an investigator from the U.S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division.
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Download NowJudge Megan Johnson in the District Court of Maryland, Annapolis, handed down
the ruling, ordering Whipple to serve probation for one year and pay a fine.
The state of Maryland filed criminal charges against Whipple, alleging he physically
assaulted the Labor Department employee on April 6, 2004. The Wage and Hour
employee was conducting an investigation of Loch Haven Amoco to determine the
company's compliance with the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The Department of Labor says its compliance investigation found that the company
was in violation of the FLSA for failing to pay 19 employees overtime, resulting
in $7,178 in back wages due. Whipple and Loch Haven Amoco have agreed to pay
to the employees all of the back wages computed by the department.