The Detroit Police say they may investigate $21,300 in missing notebook computers, and other equipment from the office of former Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers, who is the wife of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich, but they called premature an earlier media report that they have begun such a probe.
“Where we are right now is there has been no police complaint filed,” said Second Deputy Chief John Roach told The Examiner.
Roach said the police are examining a city council-ordered audit that revealed the missing items, but have begun no formal investigation. The audit was ordered when Conyers resigned her city council post on July 7 after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
“We are reviewing the information that was brought to us to determine how best to proceed,” Roach said. “It may result in an investigation at some point.”
Roach said an investigation could begin right away if one of the city council members decides to come down and fill out a formal complaint.
That complaint will likely come from Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel, who gave police a list of 29 missing items that include the notebook computers as well as a camcorder and digital cameras and printers. Cockrel has demanded that Conyers return the items.
