Nassau County's police commissioner on Monday gave few specific details about the investigation into allegations of sexting leveled against County Executive Ed Mangano.
Acting Commissioner Thomas Krumpter cited the ongoing investigation by his department. Nassau police are probing the incident as a possible cybercrime.
Both Mangano and Karin Murphy Caro, a marketing executive, have repeatedly denied sending and receiving sexually explicit texts and tweets between one another since the allegations emerged almost three weeks ago.
But critics of the police department's investigation question why no formal police report has been filed in the case.
Krumpter says it's common practice not to file a report on "sensitive" cases.
Criminal defense attorney Oscar Michelen disputes that statement, telling News 12 that it's "highly unusual" for the victims not to file an official police report unless the case involved sexual assault.
Michelen says another explanation is that there are criminal consequences for filing a false report, but investigators so far say there is no evidence that Mangano is lying.
If investigators believed he were, Krumpter says Nassau police would turn the investigation over to the district attorney's office.