Allison Baker, target of alleged police frame
(photo credit: Freetimes.com)
The players in the Columbia Police Department (CPD)
just keep being thrust upon the public stage.
Senior Assistant City Manager Allison Baker’s home
was broken into this past Sunday morning. Baker wasn’t home at the time of the
break-in, but found signs of forced entry when he returned home. As far as he can tell the only thing taken
was a jar of coins.
No one was harmed, but Baker was recently the target
of an alleged “black-ops” scheme perpetrated by the CPD. Former Police Captain Dave Navarro accused Acting
Police Chief Ruben Santiago of ordering him to help
Santiago plant a stolen gun and some cocaine into Baker’s car to get Baker
terminated. According
to Navarro, Chief Santiago had someone else in mind that he wanted for the
position of Assistant City Manager and needed to get Baker out of the way. Navarro said he was terminated when he
refused and Santiago then sued Navarro for slander.
Last week State Law Enforcement Agency (SLED)
finalized an investigative report spanning some 405 pages. The report shocked the city with allegations
of illegally taped phone calls, threats, illicit affairs, and so-called “black
ops”
being carried on among the top-ranking elite of the CPD. SLED concluded that something is going on,
but there is just not enough evidence for prosecution at this time. Santiago is still being investigated for
obstruction of justice. In the meantime
CPD is expected to have a new police chief in place by mid-March.
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