Ann Arbor Police Department DVD Identified by HHS-OIG: Initial Denial and Subsequent Production
Following a May 1, 2025 FOIA response issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), which identified a DVD originating from the Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD), Dr. Bradley Foerster submitted a FOIA request to obtain the DVD.
Although the significance of the DVD was not immediately known, the Ann Arbor Police Department later produced the DVD under Evidence Tag 170003517.001. The DVD included the August 2017 email communications from the unidentified individual known as "Nick" that had previously been released in connection with AAPD Case No. 17-3517. In those emails, "Nick" alleged that Dr. Paul Cronin was the father of Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou's son and accused Drs. Foerster and Petrou of attempting to extort Dr. Cronin. The significance of the HHS-OIG FOIA response, therefore, was not the contents of the emails themselves, which were already known, but that the same Ann Arbor Police Department DVD had become part of a federal HHS-OIG investigative file. The August 2017 "Nick" email communications are reproduced in the related post, August 2017 Email Communications (AAPD DVD – Case 17-3517).
The HHS-OIG FOIA response concerned a 2017 University of Michigan medical billing complaint and associated investigative materials referencing an NIH grant.
Based on that representation, a FOIA request was submitted to AAPD to obtain the referenced material.
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HHS-OIG FOIA response (May 1, 2025) identifying a DVD originating from the Ann Arbor Police Department.
AAPD reported that no responsive records existed.
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AAPD FOIA response stating that no responsive records exist.
Subsequently, an AAPD communication to Dr. Myria Petrou confirmed that a CD or DVD associated with case 17-3517 had been located in the Property Section under Evidence Tag 170003517.001.
The communication further stated that the prior FOIA denial was based on the scope of the request.
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AAPD communication confirming that a CD or DVD associated with case 17-3517 was located in the Property Section under Evidence Tag 170003517.001, and that the prior FOIA denial was based on the scope of the request.
Following a targeted FOIA request referencing that evidence tag, the DVD was produced.
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AAPD FOIA response granting access to the DVD associated with Evidence Tag 170003517.001.
The record was identified in a federal investigative file.
The originating agency, the Ann Arbor Police, reported no records existed and later produced the DVD.
On June 8, 2025, a FOIA request was submitted to HHS-OIG for the same DVD identified in its prior determination.
A subsequent administrative appeal was also submitted. HHS-OIG has not provided a substantive response.
Selected Reporting
- Bradley Foerster Submits 140-Exhibit, 1,121-Page Documentary Chronology to FBI for Supervisory Review of the Investigation Involving Dr. Bradley Foerster, Dr. Myria Petrou, and Duaa Altaee
- From One FBI File to a Legislative Proposal: Peter and Maria Foerster Ask Senator Van Hollen's Office and Congressman Jamie Raskin to Consider a Uniform Administrative Framework for Federal Investigations
- Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology: 139 Exhibits on NIH R01NS082304, University Proceedings, and Federal Investigation — No Response Received
- Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou Send Ann Arbor Officials Documentary Chronology on AAPD and Related Federal Investigations — No Response Received
- Timothy Lynch Documentary Chronology: 63 Exhibits on University of Michigan Office of General Counsel, University Investigations, and Law Enforcement — No Response Received
- Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou Documentary Chronology: 8 Exhibits Document More Than Two Years of Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid — No Response Received
Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is a member of the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.