My guess is the attorney looked at this and said, Yahtzee. Its not everyday something like this falls in your lap, time to profit..  After they're done cleaning out the Togiak City coffers, they'll settle with the Troopers (SOA) for a nice fat lump sum. The Troopers should have never said they could not get involved and for the attorney to call the FBI --- the Troopers should have been initiating the call to the FBI themselves. 

Whether this was a good or bad guy is irrelevant. The City of Togiak and the Troopers screwed up the process badly on this one.