The Associated Press
SHANNON, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina Agriculture Department official says she regrets tipping off employees at a Hoke County turkey processing plant that sheriff's deputies were investigating the business.
The Fayetteville Observer reported Dr. Sarah Jean Mason with the agriculture department's poultry division issued a statement that she regrets her notification of a veterinarian who worked for the plant in Shannon.
A search warrant released last week accused Mason of tipping off Dr. Eric Gonder, who worked for Butterball, the plant operator.
Mason says she tipped off Gonder to try to stop. . .
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