Five officials will face manslaughter charges for Flint Water Crisis
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Updated on June 14, 2017 at 11:05 AM Posted on June 14, 2017 at 10:57 AM
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By
Oona Goodin-Smith
ogoodins@xxxxxxxxx
FLINT, MI - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has charged five water
officials -- including a member of Gov. Rick Snyder's cabinet and a former
emergency
manager -- with manslaughter related to their alleged failure to act in during
the Flint Water Crisis.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, former
Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley, former City of Flint Water Department
Manager Howard Croft, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Drinking
Water Chief Liane Shekter-Smith and Water Supervisor Steven Busch will all
face involuntary manslaughter charges related to their alleged failure to act
in the Flint Water Crisis, Schuette announced in a release on Wednesday,
June 14.
Involuntary manslaughter is a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison
and/or a $7,500 fine.
The manslaughter charges are connected to the death of Robert Skidmore, who
died Dec. 13, 2015, due to the area's Legionnaires' disease outbreak.
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Charges against Lyon were
authorized early on Wednesday, June 14,
by Genesee District Judge David Guinn.Earley, Croft, Busch and Shekter-Smith
have all previously been charged in connection to the water crisis.
Schuette will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. to announce the charges.
Source:
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/06/five_official_charged_with_man.html
