Right by Miles
Two teenage boys are in a car chase with a reckless, sexually perverted Polk County sheriff’s deputy. The boys crash, killing Miles White, 16. But the sheriff’s office does not investigate its deputy’s involvement. Why?
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Sleeping guards at a South Florida nuclear plant earned a hefty fine for the Florida's largest utility.
Florida Power & Light faces a $130,000 fine for catnapping security at its Turkey Point nuclear plant, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday.
Guards working for Wackenhut Nuclear Services slept on the job in a series of incidents from 2004 to 2006, according to results of an NRC investigation begun in 2006. Some guards served as lookouts so that their colleagues could nap while on duty, the NRC reported.
Asjylyn Loder can be reached at aloder@sptimes.com or (813) 225-3117.
[Last modified: Apr 11, 2008 04:11 PM]
Comments on this article
by Chip
Apr 11, 2008 4:11 PM
Maybe Asjylyn Loder can do a follow-up to this story just in case these deadbeats sue Florida Power & Light for violation of their civil rights...such as the pursuit of happiness. Will these guys get fired or promoted? Stay on this story, As
by curious
Apr 10, 2008 5:13 PM
Who gets the fine money and who picks up the tab?
by Mr. Burns
Apr 10, 2008 1:26 PM
I thought Homer Simpson was the only nuclear power plant employee who slept on the job.
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