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
- From Mentor to Federal Investigation: The Dr. Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology
- July 26 Documentary Notice and Documentary Chronology Transmitted to City Attorney Kaur, Mayor Taylor, City Administrator Dohoney, and Police Chief Anderson Concerning Ann Arbor Police Department Investigations, Related City Proceedings, and Federal Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026).
- July 7 Documentary Notice to University of Michigan Vice President and General Counsel Timothy G. Lynch Concerning University and Law Enforcement Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026). July 8 UM Announces Lynch Leaving.
- 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
- The Institutional Fingerprint of the FBI Russia-Gate File: Referrals, Consults, Intelligence Reports, and the June 16, 2026 FBI Production
- Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou Document More Than Two Years of Unsuccessful Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid (June 2026)
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 active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.