Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is expected to announce charges against three individuals for their role in the Flint water crisis.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, Special Counsel Todd Flodd, Chief Investigator Andy Arena and Deputy Chief Investigator Ellis Stafford will charge one Flint water department employee and two mid-level engineers with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality with misdemeanor and felony crimes for their roles in allowing residents to consume water with toxic levels of lead, according to a report released Tuesday night.
The formal announcement is slated for Wednesday afternoon. At least one of the charges is related to falsifying government documents.
In April 2014, the city’s water source was changed to the Flint River, whose water was not as clean as the Michigan River, causing pipes to corrode and release lead into the water.
State and city officials have pointed fingers at one another since the onset of the discovery. The state attorney general told local reporters this is just beginning of charges to be filed in the case.
