Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid

Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two special prosecutors say they plan to charge a former central Kansas police chief with obstruction of justice over his conduct following a raid of the local newspaper last year. Prosecutors also said Monday that the newspaper’s staff committed no crimes. It wasn’t clear from the prosecutors’ lengthy report whether they planned to charge former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody with a felony or a misdemeanor. Either is possible, and filing a case could take days. The Marion County Record was raided in 2023, along with the home of its publisher, Eric Meyer. Meyer blames the raid for the death his 98-year-old mother, who lived with him and died the following day.