The director of a Riverbank company, alleged to be responsible for a chemical explosion, will turn himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest last week.
Henry “Mic” Meeks, 77, faces felony charges of illegal storage, transport and dumping of highly flammable magnesium-aluminum powder, also known as magnalium. Barrels of the material are believed to be the cause of a March 2025 fire and explosion that injured a sanitation worker in Riverbank, according to the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office.
The DA’s Office said Meeks, through his attorney, arranged to turn himself in on Friday after his plant manager, 36-year-old Phillip Whitmore, was arrested March 4. Whitmore admitted to the crimes, according to chief investigator Terry Seese…