If the documents are otherwise located we would request that they also be sent to Detective Hensley we would request your immediate action to preserve electronically stored information that may contain evidence important to our investigation of the Hamilton Mason Road development as outlined in the body of Detective Hensley’s original public records request, and that has yet to be discovered or identified,” Dwyer wrote. If this request should be sent to the BCCIS staff, please let me know. Also, other relevant documents were being stored in a shared file folder titled “driveway”, and were also not provided. Through our investigation we believe former auditor employee, Katie Evers, sent several emails that would be responsive to Detective Hensley’s request and would possibly be titled “Rogers driveway”. “I also wanted to clarify some information to assist in locating additional documents. Could you please clarify your position on his request?” Dwyer wrote. That email, as well as others, would appear to be responsive to Detective Hensley’s request, but were not provided. Your response stated “ We found no records related to Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for road improvements along Hamilton Mason Rd.” I’ve included with this email an attachment that appears to come from dated and titled “Hamilton Mason TIF request packet”.
“I was briefed on Detective Hensley’s public records request and your response. 5 email from Dwyer to the chief deputy at the Butler County Auditor’s Office questions why at least one record related to the investigation was not turned over when a detective requested such records. Further, this request applies to archives, backup and disaster recovery tapes, discs, drives and other data.įOX19 NOW reached out to Reynolds for comment Tuesday by phone and text messages and received the following text back: “We are cooperating fully with the sheriff’s department.”Īn Oct. This request includes, but is not limited to, e-mail and other electronic communications electronically stored documents, records, images, graphics, recordings, deleted files, cache files, and other data. As such, we would request your immediate action to preserve electronically stored information that may contain evidence germane to our investigation. “Based on this investigation, we believe that documents exist within the Auditor’s Office that would be relevant to the investigation. “As you are aware, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation into proposed developments along Hamilton Mason Road near Maud Hughes Road,” reads the Oct.
The requests were made in a letter from Chief Deputy Anthony Dwyer to Reynolds and in an email from Dwyer to Dawn Mills, chief deputy at the Butler County Auditor’s Office, according to copies we obtained from the auditor’s office through a public records request. BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - The Butler County Sheriff’s Office has asked Auditor Roger Reynolds and his staff to retain any records that may be useful to an ongoing criminal investigation related to him and to not destroy any, FOX19 NOW has learned.
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