I dont believe that a US police department has to give any information to a newspaper.
I was guaranteed that I would remain completely anonymous. I got the additional confirmation of this in an email from the officer on the case:
Even if asked by an “interested party” not associated with...
The situation in am involved in is a bit complicated but I will try to summarize it.
I live abroad and became aware that there was a US fugitive living in my area and he was wanted for some pretty horrible things. I therefore wanted to see if I could help justice in any way and I found out...