After an investigation and review of the witnesses' statements and police reports, I decline prosecution of the matter ... ,

This was not a house burglary. The items were returned to their rightful owner and she gave police a detailed statement. She has a very sad reason for doing this.

We have to keep in mind that the police were in the process of apprehending a criminal suspect who had resisted a number of attempts to arrest him and who had shot a police officer,

Despite requests for photographs and medical records, none were delivered to this office,

It was a huge amount of money. But nothing short of what we needed.

That many charges is going to entail a fairly lengthy trial in Common Pleas Court, ... I think we understood the federal government had more resources to try a case of this nature.