The Columbus, Ohio, police department announced earlier this month that it was suspending its vice unit for four weeks, after multiple incidents painted a picture of corruption among its ranks. Now, as that suspension period comes to its scheduled end, the investigation has been extended indefinitely, and handed off to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The vice unit had come under fire recently, after a whistleblower revealed the planned shakedown and arrest of Stormy Daniels during a July appearance at an adult club, and the fatal death of Donna Dalton (also known as Donna Castleberry) at the hands of 30-year CPD veteran Andrew Mitchell. He shot the alleged sex worker no less than eight times.
In a press conference announcing the 28-day suspension of the unit, CPD Chief Kim Jacobs insisted that bad cops “aren’t tolerated” in the Buckeye State’s capital. Deputy Chief Tim Becker, meanwhile, spent most of his time at the podium singing the praises of department members and citing the thousands of arrests they’ve made for “salacious” crimes like prostitution.
10TV reports that a department spokeswoman cites the results of the initial investigation as the impetus for FBI involvement.
(The) department says it made the request that the FBI get involved “as evidence has developed in investigations with the Columbus Police vice unit.”
A police department spokeswoman tells 10 Investigates that the FBI's inquiry is "bigger than one person.”
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