June 20, 2017
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has charged 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 Stephen Busch with involuntary manslaughter related to their alleged failure to act in the Flint water crisis. A criminal charge merely is an accusation and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
In addition to the involuntary manslaughter charges – which are punishable by up to 15 years in prison and/or a $7,500 fine – Schuette also charged Lyon with misconduct in office, a felony, subject to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
Michigan Department of Health Human Services Chief Medical Executive Eden Wells also has been charged with lying to a peace officer and obstruction of justice related to an alleged attempt to stop an investigation into the health crisis in Flint and later misleading investigators as to her actions.
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