EPA Raids Crestwood Village Hall

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Apr 29, 2009 8:20PM

The ongoing saga of south suburban Crestwood and its tainted water took another big step today when members of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's criminal division raided the Crestwood Village Hall. Lead agent Randall Ashe said of the raid, "We're looking for any evidence we can get." The raid came less than two weeks after the Chicago Tribune posted an in-depth investigation as to how local officials knowingly allowed residents to drink tainted water for over 20 years. Crestwood mayor Robert Stranczek said only, "Right now our drinking water is 100 percent safe and the village doesn't believe there was anything wrong with it prior to this."