Utah Chemical Weapons Worker Gets Six Months in Federal Prison

U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell Wednesday sentenced David Yarbrough, a former supervisor at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele, Utah, to six months in federal prison after being convicted last summer of crafting records to falsely indicate that chemical weapons destruction equipment was operating safely (see GSN, Jan. 15).

In addition, Campbell also ordered Yarbrough to pay $10,700 in fines and fees, according to the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin. She had previously indicated that she would sentence Yarbrough to probation.

Campbell said she had received letters from Yarbrough’s family and friends stressing his innocence, but added that those letters, especially one written by Yarbrough’s mother, had hurt his case (Mary Ruth Hammond, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin, Feb. 5).

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