Wayne County prosecutors kicked a warrant request back to the Detroit Police Department in the case of a fire union official accused of publicly sharing sensitive information about witnesses in a homicide case.
Police Chief James Craig confirmed earlier this month that detectives were investigating social media posts by Mike Nevin, president of the Detroit Fire Fighters Association.
Maria Miller, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office, said police made a warrant request Tuesday.
"This afternoon the warrant request was returned to DPD for further investigation," Miller said Wednesday in an email.
At a press conference in early December, Craig said Nevin shared unredacted police reports on Facebook that identified witnesses, potentially putting them in harm's way.
"Launching this criminal probe had nothing to do with his criticism of this department and its response time to this homicide," Craig said.