MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — An newly released investigative report outlines Meridian Township police's failure to stop Larry Nassar after receiving a complaint in 2004.
Last year the township board approved a contract for a private investigator to look into Brianne Randall-Gay's sexual assault complaint to township police more than a decade ago.
At the time, then-Det. Andrew McCready believed Nassar did nothing wrong and never forwarded the case to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office. A PowerPoint presentation Nassar provided to McCready during the Sept. 2004 investigation was a main reason the case was closed without pursuing criminal charges.
The problem: Target 8 found that although the presentation described a legitimate medical procedure, it did not match Randall-Gay's explanation of Nassar's actions.
The investigative report released Tuesday found proper steps were not taken by McCready to question the presentation. It also found McCready didn't have criminal sexual conduct or "basic detective" training prior to handling the report.
The investigator, Ken Ouellette, detailed an interview with McCready in Feb. 2019 in which he admitted to believing Nassar's lies. McCready also said the department didn't have the resources to consult a doctor about the PowerPoint presentation.
The report states McCready's then-supervisor, retired Sgt. Alan Spencer, respectfully declined being interviewed for the investigation, so Ouellette was not able to ask about McCready's performance.