{Charleston, West Virginia}...Monday, U.S. District Judge Irene Berger denied a defense request for a new trial for former Upper Big Branch security chief Hughie Elbert Stover. Sentencing will be held Wednesday in federal court in Beckley. Stover was convicted in October of lying to investigators and ordering a subordinate to destroy thousands of documents after the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 men.
Monday, February 27, 2012
New Trial For Former UBB Security Chief Denied
