KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A criminal probe into double-dipping accusations against Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Terry Zeigler is not over.
Zeigler told 41 Action News on Wednesday that a Kansas Bureau of Investigation probe cleared him of wrongdoing, but a spokesman for Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree said attacks politically motivated.
Zeigler said Wednesday that his retirement announcement had nothing to do with the criminal investigation against him.
“The house deal, the KBI sat down with me and my attorney; they said that I have done nothing wrong,” Zeigler told 41 Action News. “There is no probable cause for misdemeanor or felony charges. The investigators at the Attorney General's office are aware of that. The files are in the District Attorney's office.”
However, the KBI doesn't make prosecutorial decisions: “We turned over the findings of the investigation to the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office and the charging decisions for this case will be made by his office,” KBI said in a statement to 41 Action News.
The spokesman for Dupree’s office said Zeigler's retirement announcement will have no effect on any decision about how to proceed based on the KBI findings.
