Michigan health director Lyon targeted in Flint water criminal probe

Matthew Dolan , Detroit Free Press 6:58 p.m. EDT October 18, 2016

State health department director Nick Lyon is a focus of the criminal investigation but no charges have been filed, according to one of his lawyers.

The state's health department director is a target of the criminal investigation into Flint's water crisis and received a subpoena Tuesday ordering him to produce documents about his official role and responsibilities, according to his lawyer.

Nick Lyon was told last month by state investigators that he is a focus of the investigation by the office of state Attorney General Bill Schuette, said Lyon's lawyer Larry Willey of the Grand Rapids criminal defense firm Willey & Chamberlain.

“As a result of our investigation, you have become a target," Todd Flood, Schuette’s special counsel in the case, wrote to Lyon in early September.

The contents of Flood's letter were confirmed on Tuesday by Willey. Flood did not immediately return a message for comment Tuesday.

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