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Monday, May 04, 2009

Police chief used city credit card at casino, topless club

A nice example of local watchdogging:
Brent Liddy, acting police chief in Walled Lake, Mich., "inadvertently" used a city credit card at a local bar, Detroit casino and Lansing topless club, reported Spinal Column Newsweekly, which obtained the records via FOIA. Liddy paid off the charges with private funds, and an investigation is ongoing. When the newsweekly asked for a copy of the city's credit card policy, a city clerk asked that a FOIA request be submitted. The newspaper obtained a copy through another source.
Acting Walled Lake Police Chief Brent Liddy's use of a city credit card at a local establishment, a Detroit casino, and a Lansing topless club has prompted an ongoing investigation, and may lead to changes in the city's policy on employee and officials' use of municipal credit cards.

According to city credit card records obtained by the Spinal Column Newsweekly through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the card in question was used on Dec. 15, 2008 to make a payment of $105 at the Copper Mug in Walled Lake; on Dec. 17, 2008 at the MGM Grand Casino in Detroit to make a $1,054 payment; and on Jan. 11, 2009 to make a $600 payment at Omar's Showbar in Lansing.

At least three city officials have confirmed that it was Liddy who used the city credit card on those dates and at those locations, although some officials say that Liddy's use of the city credit card was "inadvertent."
More here.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice job. This is what newspapers are supposed to be doing with their news departments.

Anonymous said...

Haaa finally the truth about Liddy is coming out!! The only reason he paid them with his personal funds is because he got caught!!! Probably should do some digging on his purchases since he's been "acting as a Chief".

Anonymous said...

YOU SHOULD SEE THE BURN OUT MESS AND FORECLOSE AT HIS LAKE UP IN RAINLY LAKE, MILLERSBURG,PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY.

Anonymous said...

the local newspaper's efforts are now going to cost the city treasurer her job and the chief will be demoted. Nice work by a newspaper using the Freedom of Information Act


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