New Orleans Police Chief Warren said Thursday that he has found no internal problems involving the police station with unsecured documents marked confidential that Eyewitness News found unlocked two weeks ago.

Riley told the city council that the Eyewitness News story “did not indicate the facts,’ and “embellished the truth.”

Reporter Bigad Shaban was doing a report on police stations that were still in disrepair after Katrina when he found the former Fifth District station unlocked and open to anyone.

Shaban alerted the Metropolitan Crime Commission and inside the station they found police files that were accessible to anyone who came inside.

At the time, Goyeneche said the situation was  “a security breach and there is no excuse.” Some of the files were marked as ‘Confidential,’ and some detailed what appeared to be investigations conducted against police officers.

Under questioning by council member Shelly Midura Thursday, Riley said the building was locked until WWL-TV got there.

“We know that the Friday before the news media went in that building was secured,” he said. “How it was broken into, we have not determined. We are looking into that.”

Riley also said there wasn’t anything sensitive about the documents that the Eyewitness News crew found inside.

“What was shown as confidential was simply a district COMSTAT report that is public record,” he said. “There was nothing there that a citizen in our city cannot see, so that story did not indicate the facts. It embellished the truth.”

Goyeneche said he stands by his earlier comments on the situation. He said Riley’s comments seem to indicated that an investigation was conducted.

“I don’t know how they could have conducted an investigation, much less completed one, without speaking to Channel 4 or the Metropolitan Crime Commission,” he said.

Eyewitness News wanted to talk to Riley about the situation, but a spokesman said he would have no further comment.

Eyewitness News stands by its original report.