Criminal Homicide Charges Still Possible Against SC Edison, As PGE Pleads Guilty To 84 Manslaughters
Written by 991KBU on June 17, 2020
Yesterday …. in a courtroom 500 miles north of Malibu …the president of Pacific Gas and Electric entered a guilty plea to manslaughter on behalf of his electric company.
This comes as the similar criminal probe against Southern California Edison . for its riole in the deadly Woolsey Fire … continues.
Three people were killed in Malibu … and in the same series of electrically-caused fires ….
… 84 people were killed in California’s most devastating wildfire.
The P G and E president …. Bill Johnson … told the judge that he had heard “pain and anguish” from the families of the 84 people who were killed by Pacific gas and Electric’s negligence … and cost cutting.
The P G and E president told the judge … “No words from me can ever reduce the magnitude of that devastation,” he added.
And the criminal case against the northern California utility company that caused the fire that killed 84 people in Paradise may echo in Malibu.
The Butte County prosecutor … Mike Ramsey … said this yesterday up in Chico.
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“The … uh … (sigh) …. this is a historic moment … a hopefully historic moment for corporate America … to know that prosecutors everywhere will not allow them to get away with recklessly endangering the lives of the citizens that they serve.”
Homicide investigators in Ventura County … along with fire investigators … are still working on the Southern California Edison responsibility for the Woolsey fire.
The power company has already acknowledged that poorly maintained Southern California Edison power lines sparked 25 miles north of Malibu … and set off the deadly Woolsey Fire.
Two people were found dead … incinerated … in a vehicle on Mulholland Highway above Malibu.
Rescuers were unable to reach the victims … they were burned alive … trapped by fire … blocked by downed power lines.
A third victim was discovered in Lobo Canyon … just off Kanan-Dume Road.
Ventura County homicide detectives are still investigating the Woolsey Fire.
Civil lawsuits for damages have been delayed because of that open criminal case.
