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Back to court for several Flint water crisis defendants

(l to r) Former Flint Emergency Managers Gerald Ambrose and Darnell Earley, and former city employees Howard Croft and Daugherty Johnson.
Steve Carmody, and State of Michigan
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Michigan Radio
(l to r) Former Flint Emergency Managers Gerald Ambrose and Darnell Earley, and former city employees Howard Croft and Daugherty Johnson.

A Genesee County courtroom will see another hearing in theFlint water crisislater today.  

The probable cause hearing will look at issues related to a variety of charges against former emergency managers Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose and former city employees Daugherty Johnson and Howard Croft.

The charges include false pretenses, conspiracy to commit false pretenses, willful neglect of duty and misconduct in office.

(Read more: These are the 15 people charged for their connection to the Flint water crisis)

Last week, prosecutors filed involuntary manslaughter charges against Earley and Croft.   The charges are related to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that took place during Flint’s switch to the Flint River as the city’s tap water source.

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Steve Carmody has been a reporter for Michigan Radio since 2005. Steve previously worked at public radio and television stations in Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky, and also has extensive experience in commercial broadcasting. During his two and a half decades in broadcasting, Steve has won numerous awards, including accolades from the Associated Press and Radio and Television News Directors Association. Away from the broadcast booth, Steve is an avid reader and movie fanatic. Q&A