Emergency managers and city officials charged in Flint water crisis
The attorney general announced the charges on Tuesday
Bill Schuette, Michigan’s attorney general, announced more criminal charges on Tuesday involved in the man-made water crisis in Flint.
In the 67th District Court, a judge approved new charges against two former emergency officials appointed by Governor Rick Snyder along with two former public works officials.
The two managers facing charges are Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose, and the city employees charged are Howard Croft and Daugherty Johnson.
Jeff Seipenko, an agent with the attorney general’s office, told the judge that the city employees conspired with both managers to change the water supply while fully knowing that the Flint Water Treatment Plant was “unable to produce safe water."
So far, 13 people —12 current or former state employees—have been charged in the lead contamination of Flint’s water system and the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease across the city.
Nearly two years ago, in an attempt by state officials to save money, switched the drinking water from Detroit to water from the Flint River that went untreated for 18 months.