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PA KENTUCKY WATER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
Release Date: 03/20/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1998
KENTUCKY WATER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF
MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
On March 17, two employees of the Ohio County, Kentucky Water District (OCWD) were convicted of making false statements to federal investigators in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. John D. White of Cromwell, Ky., a supervisor at OCWD’s Cromwell, Ky., water treatment plant, and Carolyn F. Taylor of Beaver Dam, Ky., a plant employee, both face maximum sentences of up to five years in prison and/or fines of up to
$250,000. Both defendants provided false information to investigators about alleged falsification of water turbidity (cloudiness) readings at the Cromwell plant. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and the FBI.
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