Friday, July 02, 2010
Indictment of Ex-Mine Regulator Questioned
KENTUCKY...
An eastern Kentucky attorney is raising questions about the indictment of a former state mine safety analyst because she has already been punished by the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. Betty Sue Whitaker of Perry County was indicted this week by a Franklin County grand jury on 28 counts of tampering with public records. She's accused of falsifying inspection reports at mines she visited briefly or not at all. Whitaker admitted ethics violations and was fined $1,500 by the ethics commission. Prestonsburg attorney Ned Pillersdorf said he believes she can't be indicted because she has already been punished by the commission. Pillersdorf represented Whitaker in the Ethics Commission case.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:49 AM 
