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N.D. (AP) – The attorney for a suspended Fargo police officer says allegations that his client lied are false and the matter should be dropped.

KFGO radio reports that officer David Boelke has been placed on paid administrative leave while the department looks into a personnel complaint. Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd is defending the investigation. In a letter to Todd, Fargo attorney Mark Friese says the probe “assails the good character and reputation” of a 15-year veteran of the force.

Friese says Todd has committed a crime by furthering a “defamatory matter.” The attorney is asking that Boelke be reinstated without discipline. Todd denies any wrongdoing in creating the investigative report and says he hopes to “bring this to a conclusion very soon.”