Ohio” to the body armor from China. Federal investigators seized and tested ballistic plates and they failed to meet NIJ standards for Level III testing, which means they also would fail the ...

U.S. law enforcement agencies use ballistic-resistant body armor that complies with standards set by the NIJ, and ShotStop marketed their Level III and Level IV body armor as “Made in Stow, Ohio” and ...

Vall Iliev, 69, of Stow, Ohio, has been charged in a three-count information with smuggling foreign-made body armor and then selling it to law enforcement agencies and others, as legitimate, ...

The NIJ said the armor failed its standards test for Level ... Neither warehouses had the capability to produce Level III or Level IV body armor, prosecutors claimed. The U.S. Attorney's Office ...

The company marketed its Level III and Level IV body armor as “Made in Stow, Ohio” and “NIJ Certified.” The National Institute of Justice, or NIJ, is the research, development, and ...