Thursday, July 01, 2010
Mine Safety Analyst Charged
KENTUCKY...
Betty Sue Whitaker of Hazard, a former mine safety analyst at the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing, has been indicted on charges of falsifying multiple reports pertaining to several different mines between October 2007 and December 2008. Whitaker faces 58 counts of tampering with public records after an investigation by the Office of Special Prosecutions in the attorney general's office. She is scheduled to be arraigned on August 6th in Franklin County Circuit Court. The charges carry a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison.