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March 2, 2012

Massey Mine Security Chief Gets 3 Years in Prison 
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The former security chief for Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in
West Virginia has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role
in covering up the 2010 mining disaster that killed 29 workers. Hughie
Stover was convicted of making false statements to FBI and Mine Safety
and Health Administration investigators and of obstructing a federal
probe. Stover is the first mine official to be sentenced in what is
expected to be a number of cases related to the Upper Big Branch
tragedy.



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