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Two special prosecutors said Monday they will file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former Kansas police chief who directed warrant searches of a publisher and his newsroom over its retrieval of public information. As of Monday, prosecutors hadn't filed any criminal charges against former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody. It was not immediately clear if they would be seeking a felony or misdemeanor charge against Cody. The special prosecutors are working with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which stepped in at the request of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. “The findings will be incorporated into charges which will be sought in Marion County District Court,” the report said.
Persons: Marc Bennett, Riley, Barry Wilkerson, hadn't, Gideon Cody, Cody, Marion Mayor David Mayfield, Eric Meyer, Ruth Herbel, Meyer, Phyllis Zorn, Kari Newell, Newell, Zorn, Herbel, Bennett, Wilkerson, Meyer’s, Joan Meyer Organizations: Marion County, Marion Police, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Court, NBC News, Kansas City, Marion Police Department, City Locations: Kansas, Sedgwick County, Riley County, Marion, Marion County
In August, local Kansas law enforcement raided a small newspaper. The police chief who initially signed off on the raid has now officially resigned from his post. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Kansas police chief who ordered the controversial raid of a small-town newspaper in August has officially resigned. Marion Police Department Chief Gideon Cody turned in his badge on Monday less than two months after he signed off on the police raid of the Marion County Record in August. To obtain the search warrants for the raid, Cody previously argued that the newspaper broke the state's identity theft laws to obtain a local business owner's driving records.
Persons: , Gideon Cody, Zach Hudlin, Marion Mayor David Mayfield, Cody, Joan Meyer Organizations: Service, Kansas police, Marion Police Department, Marion County, Marion Mayor, Kansas Bureau, Investigation, Marion County Record, Kansas City Police Department Locations: Kansas, Marion
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper seemed to have the support of most city leaders in the weeks since the search, despite public outcry and calls for his resignation. Publisher Eric Meyer told Cody via email that the paper got the document from a source it did not name. Newell said that on Aug. 7, Cody contacted her and told her he believed she had been the victim of a crime. On Aug. 8, Cody emailed the KBI's office in Wichita, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) to the southwest. That evening, Leeds sent Marion Police Officer Zach Hudlin an email about a search warrant for Meyer's home.
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Someone sent Republican lawmakers in Montana letters containing an unknown white powder. Republican officials in Tennessee and Kansas also received similar letters over the last week. Several Tennessee Republicans got similar letters the day before, according to the Tennessee Star. And on June 18, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported that more than 100 Republican lawmakers and officials from across Kansas received similar letters, which also included the suspicious powder. The letters contained cryptic messages and details designed to get recipients to open them, lawmakers told CNN.
Persons: , Greg Gianforte, baruch, Stephen Owens, Owens Organizations: Service, CNN, Tennessee Republicans, Tennessee Star, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Republican, Kansas, FBI, Kansas State Rep Locations: Montana, Tennessee, Kansas
CNN —Approximately 100 letters containing a white powder have been received by state legislators and public officials across Kansas, officials said, setting off an investigation that includes state and federal agencies. Republican state Rep. Stephen Owens said he also received one of the letters and believes the others who received them are fellow Republicans. A copy of the letter received by Kansas Rep. Stephen Owens. “It was very deliberate, very intentional to get us to open the letters,” Owens said. Despite the letters, Owens says his resolve and that of his Republican colleagues will not waver.
Persons: Daniel Hawkins, Hawkins, Carrie Rahfaldt, Stephen Owens, Owens, Laura Kelly, , ” Owens, , Tony, Mattivi, State Fire Marshall, ” Rahfaldt Organizations: CNN, Kansas Bureau, Investigation, Republican, Republicans, Kansas Rep, Stephen Owens . KS, Senate, Democratic Gov, KS National Guard, FBI, State Fire Locations: Kansas
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