Former Massey Official To Plead Guilty

{Beckley, West Virginia}…Fifty-three year old David C. Hughart from Crab Orchard, the former President of Massey Energy's Green Valley Resource Group, has agreed to plead guilty to a felony count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy stemming from safety violations at mines he operated in Nicholas County. The charges are a result of the ongoing investigation into the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners. He faces up to six years in prison. Hughart is the third person, and the highest ranking Massey official so far, to be charged in connection with the UBB investigation.