Attorney General Mark Brnovich says a State Grand Jury has indicted Hans Burnett for allegedly altering drinking water bacteria test results. Burnett is a foreman at the City of Cottonwood Water Testing Laboratory and is accused of changing test results submitted to state regulators to replace positive results for bacterial contamination with negative results. He is facing felony charges of fraudulent schemes & practices and forgery. From 2015 to 2016, Burnett allegedly instructed subordinate employees to modify the test results and paperwork associated with drinking water compliance samples in Cottonwood. The altered results were submitted to ADEQ as part of the City’s drinking water compliance obligations.
