Four Limestone County K9 deputies are set to receive body armor donations in a few weeks. According to the Limestone County ...

Iliev is accused of instructing his employees in Stow to attach the fake labels of “NIJ Certified” and “Made in Stow, Ohio” to the body armor from China. Federal investigators seized and ...

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 ...

The NIJ is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice that has set the federally-recognized performance standards for ballistic-resistant police body armor for more than 50 years. Iliev ...

Vall Iliev, the immigrant entrepreneur who founded ShotStop Ballistics in Stow in 2015, has been charged with smuggling Chinese-made body armor that does not meet National Institute of Justice (NIJ) ...

The vests are lined with NIJ certified ballistic padding and custom made to ensure the K9's vital organs are covered. Loki and Officer Robert Vian have worked together for almost a year.

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, ...