The Clarkston News called on Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper last June to investigate the possible Open Meetings Act of March 9.
Information, which included City Council minutes, city attorney Paul Ryan’s March 9 memo to the city, and Clarkston News reports, was forwarded to Assistant Prosecutor Paul Walton. The assistant prosecutor passed it to Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe, who forwarded it to Lt. Dirk Feneley, Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Independence Township Substation commander.
Substation detectives took statements from editor Phil Custodio and reporter Andrea Beaudoin, Aug. 19, and forwarded the case to the sheriff’s office Special Investigations Unit.
Substations don’t investigate the municipalities they’re assigned to, Feneley said.
“All government investigations go downtown (Pontiac),” he said.