Feds target Gary General Services department

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Updated: February 29, 2012 8:07AM

GARY — City officials confirmed investigators from the FBI and other federal agencies visited the General Services office at 900 Madison St.

Communications director Chelsea Whittington said Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson requested the investigation from the feds, but she offered no further comment “because it is an ongoing investigation.”

A source inside the office also confirmed the federal investigation but also declined to give more details, including possible reasons for the investigation.

It isn’t known who or what program is being investigated. Under the previous administration, Mike Shell was the General Services director.