New Orleans police have closed a probe into WWL-TV, officials said, after finding no basis to pursue a case that stemmed from a judge’s recommendation that the station face penalties for reporting that scrutinized her finances.
The New Orleans Police Department determined that the September complaint from Criminal District Court Judge Kimya Holmes hinged on a state law that carries no criminal penalties, according to an Oct. 1 police report obtained by The Times-Picayune. The Oct. 1 report closed the case and was first reported Tuesday by WWL.
The report details how Holmes sought to have the TV station investigated under a state law barring the release of certain officials’ personal information. But an NOPD detective assigned to the case, Marcus Dubuclet, in shuttering the investigation noted that the state Legislature had repealed criminal provisions of the law, Louisiana Revised Statute 44:11.2…