InstantNewsKaty had filed an open records request to review the police report and other investigative materials complied by the Katy ISD Police Department during its investigation of the incident.
The district requested the ruling, citing two exceptions to the Texas Public Information Act as basis to withhold the documents. In the district’s request to the AG’s Office, Public Records Manager Leslie Garvin cited a provision in the public records law that allowed documents to be withheld “if the release of the information would interfere with the detection, investigation or prosecution of crime.”
InstantNewsKaty.com says the AG ruled on Dec. 22 that the site couldn't have the records because of the cheerleaders' ages. (Nor, we assume, could other requestors including The Houston Chronicle and Inside Edition.)
InstantNewsKay also made this point:
The ruling to protect the identify of those involved appeared to directly conflict with the fact that all of the accused were 17 or 18 years of age and charged in adult criminal court. Additionally, the names of all seven, as well as details of their probation, were released by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
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