"Criminal Charges Today In Flint Water Crisis"

"LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's attorney general will announce criminal charges Wednesday against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city's lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation.

The charges — the first levied in a probe that is expected to broaden — will be filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant supervisor, two officials told The Associated Press late Tuesday. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

The charges include violating Michigan's drinking water law, official misconduct, destruction of utility property and evidence tampering, according to one official."

David Eggert reports for the Associated Press April 19, 2016.

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"Criminal Charges Today In Flint Water Crisis" (Detroit Free Press)