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Egg man starts 3-month term as ‘responsible corporate official’

By Dan Flynn on November 24, 2017
Austin “Jack” DeCoster

On Thanksgiving eve, 83-year-old Austin “Jack” DeCoster surrendered to federal prison authorities in Massachusetts, about 40 miles west of Boston.

DeCoster traveled from his home in Turner,…
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DeCosters must surrender; egg men finally to serve their time

By Dan Flynn on June 27, 2017

To all the names people have called Austin “Jack” DeCoster — “habitual offender,” “bad egg,” “authoritarian” and “notorious” are among those often mentioned — add one more: “inmate.”

After  losing at the federal appellate court…
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Not a lot standing between egg man Jack DeCoster and jail

By Dan Flynn on September 20, 2016

The sole question remaining before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is whether the federal jail sentences imposed on Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster are lawful in light of the findings at sentences. [caption…
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8th Circuit approves jail sentences for egg men

By Dan Flynn on July 7, 2016

When he sentenced a father and son to three months each, the federal judge in a criminal trial about an egg-related Salmonella outbreak said he was imposing the jail time unless someone could tell him…
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Judges grill both sides in DeCosters’ egg sentence appeal

By Dan Flynn on March 18, 2016

Two of three judges hearing appeals of the jail sentences handed down to Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster sounded uncomfortable yesterday with the concept of sending corporate officials to prison for a so-called strict…
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Top Appellate Lawyer Will Try and Keep the DeCosters From Going to Jail

By Dan Flynn on July 16, 2015

Whether Austin “Jack” and Peter DeCoster can be jailed under Park Doctrine prosecutions — meaning where the government did not have to show they had any knowledge or intent, let alone negligence, regarding food safety…
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DeCosters Appeal Jail Sentences to 8th Circuit

By Dan Flynn on April 29, 2015

The federal judge who sentenced Austin “Jack” and Peter DeCoster to each serve three months in federal confinement predicted that the two defendants would appeal, and they’ve now proven him correct. The prospect of serving…
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Judge Signs Forfeiture Order Against DeCoster’s Quality Egg, LLC

By Dan Flynn on November 24, 2014

His company’s guilty plea for bribing a USDA egg inspector is costing Austin (Jack) DeCoster’s Quality Egg,LLC an extra $10,000. U.S. District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett has signed a preliminary order of forfeiture ordering…
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Salmonella Victims Learn DeCosters Will Be Sentenced in February

By Dan Flynn on November 18, 2014

The thousands sickened in the 2010 Salmonella outbreak traced to two Iowa egg production facilities received a mixture of good and bad news from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Victim Notification System last week.…
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