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Residents accuse city attorney of improperly obtaining 30-year-old mugshot, demand investigation
Summary
Multiple Crown Point residents used public comment to accuse City Attorney Alex Kudnowski of retrieving and distributing a decades-old mugshot to smear a critic, prompting calls from commenters for an immediate investigation and possible changes to city ethics practices.
Multiple residents at the Crown Point City Council meeting on May 4 accused the city attorney, Alex Kudnowski, of improperly obtaining and using a 30-year-old mugshot to retaliate against a local critic, and urged the mayor and council to investigate and hold officials accountable.
In public comment, a resident identified as Sam said the mugshot, taken more than 30 years ago, was retrieved from a Lake County Sheriff’s Office archive and used to “smear my name,” and he said the city attorney was…
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