PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities still don’t know who slashed four tires on two security cars for the Philadelphia district attorney’s office last November, and police are no longer looking into it.
City police spokesman, Lt. John Stanford, told Philly.com in an e-mail last week (https://bit.ly/21Wk97h ) that they aren’t investigating the Nov. 11 slashings outside the home of District Attorney Seth Williams.
Detectives are supposed to investigate vandalism of city-owned vehicles under department policy, the newspaper said. Though an initial investigation took place after the incident was reported, the file was apparently closed without a follow-up probe.
Sgt. Daniel Kearney, assigned to the District Attorney’s Office Protection Unit, filed two reports 12 days after the incident. Kearney wrote that the district attorney’s office was investigating. It isn’t clear if Williams or the officers were present at the time of the incident.
Capt. Joseph Bologna, who runs the district where slashings took place, said he didn’t know about them. Bologna said the police paper trail stops Kearney’s report.
A four-man security detail to protect Williams has cost taxpayers $2 million since 2010, the newspaper said.
Williams said his office doesn’t comment on matters involving his security or internal investigations out of safety and security concerns.
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Information from: Philly.com, https://www.philly.com/
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