Former aluminum plant manager acquitted of government fraud
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal jury has acquitted the former plant manager of a Portland, Oregon, aluminum extrusions company on charges of defrauding the government. The Oregonian/Oregon Live reports 72-year-old Dennis Merkel was found not guilty Friday. Merkel is the former plant manager at Technical Dynamics Aluminum, which provided parts used by the Missile […]