[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Company accused of improperly storing explosives at Camp Minden [LA} asks for charges to be thrown out"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Company accused of improperly storing explosives at Camp Minden asks for charges to be thrown out


By Associated Press 
June 2, 2015

The owners of a company accused of leaving 7,800 tons of improperly stored artillery propellant at Camp Minden have asked a state judge to throw out the charges against them.

David Fincher, 65, of Burns, Tennessee, and David Smith, 57, of Winchester, Kentucky, have pleaded not guilty to 10 charges including unlawful storage of explosives and reckless use of explosives.

The charges should be thrown out because Louisiana law does not classify the M6 artillery propellant as an explosive, Smith's attorney, Lyn Lawrence Jr. of Bossier City, said Monday.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nola.com/military/index.ssf/2015/06/explo_systems_camp_minden.html


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Lenny Siegel
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