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Vol. 187, Number 159 2017 Detroit Free Press Printed in the U.S. $1.50 CONTACT US Delivery questions: 800-395-3300 News tip hotline: 313-222-6600 Classified: 586-977-7500; 800-926-8237 A 1 8 6 A Tuesday 10.10.2017 www.freep.com Bridge Comics Deaths Horoscope Life Movies Sports INDEX A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY Cooler and not as humid FORECAST, 2A 73 53 High Low ON VIDEO Detroit police chief defends cop hitting man Watch a video of the arrest at Freep.com METRO, 3A BREWING State grabs 9 national beer medals BUSINESS, 8A NO MORE COLUMBUS DAY? Detroit may drop holiday METRO, 3A The confrontation took place Sunday night. KELLEN BELL ON EMPTY? WE DEBATE THE SLUGGISH OFFENSE SPORTS, 1B J.V. DELIVERS FORMER WIN SENDS ASTROS TO ALCS SPORTS, 3B FLINT New charges are being sought against the top medical executive, Dr.

Eden Wells bringing to six the total number of current and former government em- ployees who could face a trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the Flint water crisis. The announcement to pur- sue two new felony charges against Wells, including invol- untary manslaughter, punisha- ble by up to 15 years in prison, and misconduct in office came during a hearing Monday in Flint. Few details have been re- vealed about what led prosecu- tors to seek the additional charges. Todd Flood, the special counsel hired by Attorney General Bill Schuette to lead the Flint criminal investiga- tion, said Monday that he is seeking the charges on new review of other docu- ments and testimony that came out last revelations came up that assisted during the preliminary examination of Nick Lyon, the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, he said. Flood declined to elab- orate.

Wells was in court Monday for her preliminary examina- tion on charges issued in June: obstruction of justice and lying to a peace officer. The Doctor accused of manslaughter Mich. medical exec may face new charges in Flint water crisis Dr. Eden Wells, chief medical executive of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, appears in court Monday for the first day of her preliminary examination in Flint. TERRAY PRESS By Elisha Anderson Detroit Free Press See FLINT, Page 7A Did you check theEquifax website afew weeks ago and thank your lucky stars after you discovered that your personal information compromised? Maybe not so for- tunate, after all.

You might want to check the Equifax site again at www Equifax said it would update its site later than Oct. to reflect the addi- tional consumers who are potentially at risk. Equifax recently bumped up its number by 2.5 million con- sumers. Now hackers might have had access to informa- tion regarding 145.5 million people. Michigan Attorney Gen- eral Bill Schuette said Mon- day that almost 80,000 addi- tional Michigan residents were impacted by the data breach than originally thought.

Overall, more than 4.6 million Michigan con- sumers have been hit by the Equifax breach. Equifax has promised to send a notice by direct mail to the most recently identi- fied consumers whose in- formation was part of the breach. Other new developments: Equifax has agreed to ex- tend its deadline to sign up for free services to Jan. 31. SUSAN TOMPOR Think your info is still safe with Equifax? Think again See TOMPOR, Page 7A SAN RAFAEL, Calif.

Wind-whipped fires sweeping across wine country Monday killed at least 10 peo- ple, burned hundreds of homes and buildings and forced thousands to flee communities, hospitals and wineries ahead of the hard-charging flames. Officials confirmed seven dead in Sonoma County, two in Napa, and an- other in Mendocino County to the north. That makes the day one of the deadliest in the wildfire history, although records are difficult to com- pare because deaths were caused by multiple fires burning in the same general area, rather than a single blaze. California State Forestry and Fire Protection chief Ken Pimlott estimated that 1,500 homes, businesses and other structures were destroyed in northern California alone and a separate fire was burning outside Los Angeles to the south. About 20,000 people were evacuated from the northern California fires, Pimlott said.

The fires continued burn- ing Monday evening as firefighters CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY BURNS Firemen look for hot spots in the Fountaingrove area of Santa Rosa, on Monday. Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through northern California early Monday, sending residents on a race to safety through smoke and flames. BEN WAS AN INFERNO LIKE NEVER SEEN At least 10 dead, 1,500 structures ruined By John Bacon USA TODAY See WILDFIRES, Page 5A Fire continues to rage at the Hilton hotel on Monday in Santa Rosa, Calif. BEN What started as a casual evening at the in Grand Traverse Mall in Traverse City took an alarming turn Friday when a 4-year-old found a load- ed, semiautomatic handgun in a bathroom stall. On Friday, Cody Swy, 26, of Traverse City, took his daugh- ter Sarae, 4, and son Landon, 3, to to pick up some dress shirts when his eldest said she had to use the rest- room.

Swy took both of them into the room, placing Sarae in the handicap stall and Lan- don in the smaller one next to it. Swy was giving his children some privacy, standing right outside the stalls when Sarae asked her dad for help identi- fying something in the stall with her: a gun. this, Swy re- members his daughter asking. When he poked his head into the stall, he saw his daughter sitting on the toilet holding a Berretta Pico handgun, point- ing it directly at his chest. freak out because I knew if I freaked out, she could have jolted and possibly said Swy who trained with the National Guard and previously worked as a mili- tary police officer.

know how to talk some- this, Girl finds gun in restroom Cody Swy of Traverse City with his family, wife Brooke Reardon, daughter Sarae, 4, and son Landon, 3. CODY SWY In Traverse City, few answers in mystery By Allie Gross Detroit Free Press See GUN, Page 7A.