Two more Ripley employees indicted on federal charges after duck boat tragedy
Prosecutors announced Thursday that two more employees of Ripley Entertainment have been indicted on federal charges related to last year's duck boat sinking on Table Rock Lake that resulted in 17 deaths.
Curtis P. Lanham, 36, of Galena, and Charles V. Baltzell, 76, of Kirbyville, were each indicted on more than a dozen felony charges.
A news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri says Lanham was the general manager of Ride the Ducks Branson, and Baltzell was the company's operations supervisor.
Lanham and Baltzell join 51-year-old duck boat captain Kenneth McKee as the three people indicted so far on criminal charges in this case.
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