SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS

Pyrotechnic Specialties Inc. of Byron, Ga., its chief executive officer, David J. Karlson, and two other employees were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges they defrauded the government by re-labeling and selling the so-called flash bang or stun grenades to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Macon Telegraph reported. They also are charged with money laundering.

Federal prosecutors say Pyrotechnic Specialties had been making the MK141 stun grenades for the U.S. Defense Department since 1996 but learned of a defect in the devices in 2003 and subsequently made a correction. However, the prosecutors allege, the company schemed to re-label the flawed stun grenades and market them to the FBI as meeting military standards, the newspaper reported.

Three FBI agents were seriously injured Oct. 14, 2004, when a defective grenade went off while still in a SWAT team agent's tactical vest pocket, the indictment alleges.

Besides Karlson, the indictment names F. Brad Swann, a company sales representative, production manager Daniel Ramone and Glenn D. Cundiff, an engineering technician at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indiana who provided technical oversight regarding contracts.

 BREAKING STORIES

Georgia bank becomes 10th to fail

Alcohol can cause too much cell death

Barr decries two-party system

Rapper 'Da Brat' draws 3-year sentence

Breastfeeding may help mothers lose weight

Spices protect against aging, diabetes

Ga. legislator wins Dem nod for Senate

'Makeover' house may escape foreclosure

Rice compound cuts diabetic nerve damage

Ethanol yield from grass, yard waste hiked

'Extreme Makeover' House in Ga. Faces Foreclosure

Kid Rock pleads no contest in Ga. brawl

Georgia IMAX machine fails during 'Knight'

Walking boosts elderly independence

McKinney named Green Party candidate

Florida Dems outdo GOP in new voters

Therapy combo heals spinal injuries

Obama pledges to end war in Iraq

Protein may explain bone loss, obesity

Loggerhead turtle to be freed