Man Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent Permit

{Louisville, Kentucky}...Peter Grimes, of Nolensville, Tennessee faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when sentenced March 13th in U.S. District Court in Louisville. Grimes pleaded guilty to creating a fake permit to build two gas pipelines under Barren River. The U.S. attorney's office in Louisville says Grimes, who was working as a consultant, submitted a fraudulent Army Corps of Engineers permit authorization letter to an inspector for the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection in Bowling Green in January 2008. Two pipelines had been built in 2007. Grimes also submitted the letter to an employee of the Corps of Engineers.