15 People Have Been Charged in the Flint Water Scandal
The water tower at the Flint Water Plant in Flint, Michigan, looms large over the city on March 4, 2016.
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Detroit (AP) -- Fifteen people have been charged in an investigation of how Flint's water became contaminated with lead in 2014-15 and a related outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. Seven people have pleaded no contest to misdemeanors in deals that will leave them without a criminal record.
— Michael Prysby, Stephen Busch, Liane Shekter Smith, Adam Rosenthal, all from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.