Stanislaus County prosecutors have charged two Modesto-area men in a chemical explosion case that rocked a local waste facility last spring. Yesterday, the district attorney’s office filed charges against Henry Meeks, owner of Riverbank-based Advanced Materials Manufacturing Technologies (AM2T), and AM2T manager Phillip Whitmore, tying them to a March 27, 2025 blast and fire at Gilton’s Resource Recovery Facility in Modesto. Whitmore is in custody, and an arrest warrant is out for Meeks as investigators retrace how 55-gallon drums of industrial material traveled from a Riverbank supplier to Gilton’s transfer yard.
What investigators say
According to CBS Sacramento, prosecutors say the trouble started as Gilton workers unloaded 55-gallon drums that…..