February 29, 2012
The former security chief of a Massey Energy Co. affiliate was sentenced Wednesday in West Virginia federal court to three years in prison for obstructing a federal probe of the deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion.
February 27, 2012
A West Virginia federal judge on Monday refused to acquit or allow a new trial for the former security chief of a Massey Energy Co. affiliate who was convicted of obstructing a federal probe of the deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion.
February 14, 2012
The U.S. government on Tuesday urged a West Virginia federal court to impose the maximum sentence of 25 years on the former security chief of a Massey Energy Co. affiliate who was convicted of thwarting a federal investigation of the deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion in the state.
November 10, 2011
The former security chief of a Massey Energy Co. affiliate asked a judge Wednesday to grant a new trial or overturn his conviction on charges he foiled a federal probe of the deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia.
October 26, 2011
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Massey Energy Co. affiliate's security chief of lying to federal investigators and obstructing their probe of the deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 miners in West Virginia, according to prosecutors.
July 14, 2011
A West Virginia federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges that a former Massey Energy Co. security chief lied to investigators after the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch Mine.
June 22, 2011
A former Massey Energy Co. security chief asked a federal judge in West Virginia on Tuesday to toss charges that he lied to investigators after the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch Mine.
June 21, 2011
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday sought to limit damaging cross-examinations of witnesses testifying against Massey Energy Co.'s former security chief, who allegedly lied to investigators about the April 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 miners.
May 24, 2011
Hughie E. Stover, Massey Energy Co.'s former security chief, pled not guilty Tuesday to lying to investigators and the FBI during their investigation of the deadly April 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion in West Virginia.
May 17, 2011
Prosecutors added a third criminal charge against a Massey Energy Co. affiliate's security chief, unsealing a superseding indictment Tuesday alleging that the official twice lied to investigators and destroyed documents relating to the deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia.