{"id":66642,"date":"2023-05-23T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/michigan-judge-dismisses-neglect-charges-against-former-flint-official-relating-to-citys-water-crisis-66642"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:42:15","slug":"michigan-judge-dismisses-neglect-charges-against-former-flint-official-relating-to-citys-water-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/michigan-judge-dismisses-neglect-charges-against-former-flint-official-relating-to-citys-water-crisis-66642","title":{"rendered":"Michigan judge dismisses neglect charges against former Flint official relating to city&#8217;s water crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A judge dismissed charges Monday against a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local official in Flint<\/a>, the last of nine people to benefit from a state Supreme Court decision that struck down a series of indictments in the city&#8217;s lead-in-water scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Howard Croft was public works director when state-appointed managers in 2014 switched Flint&#8217;s water source to the Flint River. The water wasn&#8217;t treated to reduce corrosion on old pipes, a disastrous decision that caused lead to contaminate the system for at least 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>Croft was charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. But the state Supreme Court in 2022 said a one-judge grand jury can&#8217;t issue indictments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/flint-water-crisis-michigan-judge-tosses-charges-against-7-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FLINT WATER CRISIS: MICHIGAN JUDGE TOSSES CHARGES AGAINST 7 PEOPLE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judge William Crawford dismissed the case against Croft, who had pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s dismissal, after years of an unnecessary, costly and misguided prosecution, is both the legally correct and just outcome for Mr. Croft,&#8221; defense attorney Alex Rusek said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/michigan-regulators-crack-down-chemical-company-blamed-oily-discharge-flint-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MICHIGAN REGULATORS CRACK DOWN ON CHEMICAL COMPANY AFTER IT&#8217;S BLAMED FOR OILY DISCHARGE IN FLINT RIVER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the court&#8217;s unanimous decision nearly a year ago, the attorney general&#8217;s office has been trying to keep charges alive against nine people, including former Gov. Rick Snyder, claiming the cases could simply be refiled in another form.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a losing argument so far, but state prosecutors still haven&#8217;t given up. They&#8217;re trying to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Supreme Court<\/a> to take yet another look. Appeals are pending.<\/p>\n<p>Flint returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/environment\/water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a regional water system<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/michigan-judge-dismisses-charges-against-former-flint-official\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/michigan-judge-dismisses-charges-against-former-flint-official <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge dismissed charges Monday against a former local official in Flint, the last of nine people to benefit from a state Supreme Court decision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-66642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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