But after months of legal maneuvers, a Grand Jury failed to indict Cross and McClendon.
The City of Hudson has now released surveillance video of the break in of Hudson City Hall from March 17-18, 2012. The video was requested in a FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) request to the Hudson City Clerk.
Following are a number of stills from the above video.
Was the GJ ever shown this video or the stills? I don't believe that question has ever been answered:
ReplyDelete"Law enforcement officials cited videotape surveillance as leading them to the two suspects. However, in August the sharing of that surveillance and other evidence became an issue in court when Tipograph raised questions following requests to see the evidence. Tipograph said at the time the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office sent a letter to her stating that the office 'lacked knowledge' of a recording of an interview between Cross and the Hudson Police Department, stills from the surveillance camera and photographs from the crime scene." 'County Grand Jury declines to indict Cross, McClendon' by Nathan Mayberg, Register-Star, 12 Dec 2012
The stills presented here were taken from the video by me. As to whether the video was presented to the Grand Jury, that remains unclear. I believe that Grand Jury proceedings are secret. The rest of the criminal file has been deemed not subject to FOIL, at least for the time being since it is part of an ongoing investigation.
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