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Officials: 3 to be charged in Flint water crisis

In a March 21, 2016 photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s attorney general will announce criminal charges Wednesday against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city’s lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation.

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The charges – the first levied in a probe expected to continue – will be filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant supervisor, two officials told The Associated Press late Tuesday. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

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One official says the charges include violating Michigan’s drinking water law, official misconduct, destruction of utility property and evidence tampering.

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A spokesman for Attorney General Bill Schuette declined comment.

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For nearly 18 months, Flint residents used improperly treated water that leached lead from old pipes.

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