A
supervisor with the state Division of Highways has been indicted by a federal
grand jury for after allegedly lying to an FBI investigator.
U.S.
Attorney Bill Ihlenfeld announced Thursday the indictment of Barry Thompson,
48, of Mount Clare
It’s
alleged Thompson knowingly did not tell the truth with an FBI agent questioned
him last month as part of the ongoing federal investigation in the DOH’s Equipment
Division. Thompson is the supervisor of that DOH office in Buckhannon, which
purchases equipment that is used statewide by the agency.
If convicted, Thompson could
be sentenced to up to five years in federal prison.
