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report from July 16, when officers responded to Copper Sky, and were told by MPD no such report existed. Worse still, although the director McLeish said Smith was “suspended from the facility for one week,” he checked in to the gym just one day later, according to two Copper Sky employees with access to check-in records. John Donohue had inquired about this. The response: No comment. “They say they can’t tell us what they did to the guy,” he said. “But everyone knows what he did to my son.” MPD Chief Mark Goodman confirmed his officers responded to the reported assault that Tuesday afternoon in July. While he did not offer what police work had been done on the case in the four months since the officers gathered witness statements and CCTV footage, he maintained he hadn’t closed the case — perhaps in response to mounting pressure from the media and the victim’s family. “We did respond, and we are reviewing it,” Goodman said. “There’s a possibility that criminal charges will be filed against that person.”
profile, was contacted by phone Nov. 11. He did not return requests seeking comment for this story. The Hidden Valley Estates resident has no criminal record, though perhaps not for much longer. Assault against a child under age 15 is an aggravating factor in Arizona, and police say they are considering filing charges. “If they’re hiding this, they’re hiding other things,” the Copper Sky employee said. “They can’t keep getting away with this. This does not coincide with the law.” The employee said he believes Smith and McLeish attend the same church and are friends. Criminal charges ‘a possibility’ In June, InMaricopa reported Copper Sky leaders waited more than a year to ban an adult member, Robert White, who had on many occasions sexually harassed teenage girls on city property. Dr. John and his wife May McCarthy Donohue, 59, have long organized the annual Maricopa Kids Day and are vocal champions of child welfare in the community.
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The Donohues frequently rub elbows with top city officials, like Mayor Nancy Smith, who recently asked the couple to accept a formal proclamation honoring Maricopa Kids Day, May Donohue said. “That’s kind of interesting,” she said of the offer, sarcastically, “when what happened to my son was covered up.” As of Nov. 8, four months had elapsed and no one from MPD had called Levi Donohue’s parents back since they made the initial call to dispatch, they said. The parents also requested a copy of the police department’s incident There’s a possibility that criminal charges will be filed against that person.” MARK GOODMAN, MPD CHIEF
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