Discovering who created cartoon parodies of the Renton Police Department is still a priority, but there are no leads or suspects, says Renton’s police chief.

For weeks, the nine videos have been at the center of a debate that went viral on the Internet over First Amendment rights of free speech, especially protection of comment on public policy.

Renton prosecutors and Police Chief Kevin Milosevich chose to pursue the creator, someone named Mr. Fuddlesticks, under the state’s cyberstalking law, based on content the city’s attorney still believes violated that law. Earlier this month the city dropped that criminal investigation and instead is investigating the case internally.

A search warrant issued by Superior Court Judge James Cayce in July also didn’t provide “a lot of information” before it was withdrawn by the City of Renton, Milosevich said.

Without evidence, leads or suspects, “the likelihood of us getting somewhere is pretty remote,” he said.

Earlier this month, Milosevich demoted Sgt. Bill Judd to patrol officer for creating one of the videos aimed at the regional jail known as SCORE. During the internal investigation, Judd was asked whether he created the other videos, too. He answered no.

“At this point we haven’t identified any potential suspects,” Milosevich said.

With little to go on, the department is still considering potential strategies for continuing the investigation, he said. It’s possible, he said, that over time new information will come forward that will provide a break in the case.

Milosevich released the videos in July, complying with public disclosure requests from the media.