TWO ARRESTED Strikers Charged In Attack On Trucks That Crossed Picket Line
Reported by: Bob Aaron
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Reported: Aug. 10, 2012 9:13 AM EDT
Updated: Aug. 10, 2012 10:01 AM EDT
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Ravenswood
, Jackson County
, West Virginia
Two men face charges of attacking trucks that crossed a picket line outside Constellium Rolled Products in Ravenswood.
West Virginia State Police say one truck driver suffered an eye injury when a rock shattered his vehicle's windshield.
State Police charged Robert Mason Sullivan II, 49, of Evans and Michael Robert Fowler of Mount Alto, 43, with destruction of property. They are accused of flattening the tires of three trucks leaving the plant by throwing jack rocks into the vehicles' path. The damage was estimated at $3,200, enough to make the destruction of property charge a felony. Fowler also is charged with misdemeanor battery. They were released on bond.
State Police say that both men were on the picket line when the incidents occurred Wednesday.
United Steelworkers members went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Sunday after contract talks broke down.
No charges have been filed in connection with two State Police cars that sustained flats Sunday from jack rocks.
United Steelworkers members went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Sunday after contract talks broke down.
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