VIRGINIA, Ill. (WAND) - Virginia officials have sworn in a temporary police chief after its last police department leader resigned. 

The Cass County Sheriff's Office had started investigating the conduct of Bryce Kennedy, who allegedly sent inappropriate messages to a minor in July. Kennedy resigned on Wednesday, Oct. 7. 

The city has named Marty Fanning as the temporary replacement for Kennedy. Fanning was previously a part-time officer. Officials swore him in Monday night. 

He is expected to be the temporary chief until a permanent replacement can be found. 

In relation to the investigation of Kennedy, Mayor Reg Brunk said he was made aware of the alleged messages in the same month and investigated them by examining the transcript.  

Brunk said he saw nothing wrong with those messages, but did tell Kennedy to get off social media. 

"There were no sexual words. There was no innuendo," Brunk said. "There just wasn't anything there." 

When pressed by WAND reporter Chris Carter about his opinion regarding the alleged messages, Brunk said there are "extenuating circumstances that I can't talk about," but added "he shouldn't have been on the website, period, that's the worst thing about it."  

WAND-TV conducted an exclusive interview with Becky, the mother of the 13-year-old victim. She said she found out about the messages in May. According to her, Kennedy allegedly asked the victim if she had a crush on him and wanted to know if she had told anyone about their conversations on Snapchat.

The mother said more needs to happen than just a resignation. 

"I don't think that he should get a slap on the wrist and go get a job somewhere else, because you're just allowing it go further down the road," she said. 

WAND-TV sent a public records request to the city of Virginia and its mayor for all documents related to the investigation. The station will pass those details along when they become available.