Solicitor: Investigation into CPD Closed

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Solicitor Walt Wilkins says the investigation into criminal activity inside the Columbia Police Department is now closed. Last year then Captain David Navarro accused Interim Chief Ruben Santiago of asking him to plant guns and drugs in the car of an assistant city manager. Santiago then asked for a SLED investigation into whether Navarro illegally shredded documents and stole money from the police foundation. In a Tuesday news conference Greenville/Pickens County Solicitor Wilkins said there was insufficient evidence to back up either of the claims.