Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto issued a public apology to council candidate Naindeep Singh in a news conference late Tuesday after a report confirmed there were no drugs in his system after he was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of a DUI.
Casto said she received “verbal advisement” from the laboratory on Tuesday conducting the test that Singh’s results were negative.
The chief said she’d called Singh shortly before Tuesday’s news conference to apologize to him personally.
The apology comes after Singh was arrested late Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of a drug. The chief had held a news conference earlier on Tuesday before the results came back in which she emphasized that her officer had done the right thing arresting Singh after he had failed “six of the eight indicator tests” of sobriety.
Singh held a news conference Monday night where he shared the results of an independent toxicology report he’d requested the night of his arrest, showing no drugs in his system, and said he expected to be exonerated by PD’s own report.
The District 1 candidate, who is also a Central Unified board member and the executive director of the nonprofit Jakara Movement, is holding his own news conference later Tuesday to address the update from the Fresno police chief.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
