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☆ Former Kansas police chief formally charged over Marion newspaper raid
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A former Kansas police chief linked to the Aug. 11, 2023, raid of a local newspaper was formally charged with one count of interference with the judicial process. She collapsed and died the day after the raid, and Meyer blamed her death on the stress of the raid. Joan Meyer, co-owner of the Marion County Record, swears at police officers in her home on Aug. 11, 2023. Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey, however, withdrew the search warrants after determining that "insufficient evidence exists to establish a legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and the items seized." Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett and Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson said in a 124-page report that the newspaper's staff had committed no crimes.

Persons: Gideon Cody, Eric Meyer, Ruth Herbel, Joan Meyer, Meyer, Cody, Phyllis Zorn, Kari Newell’s driver’s, Herbel, Joel Ensey, Marc Bennett, Riley, Barry Wilkerson Organizations: Marion Police Department, Marion County, City, Marion Locations: Kansas, Marion, Marion County, Sedgwick County, Riley County

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

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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The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. Legal experts believe the raid on the newspaper violated a federal privacy law or a state law shielding journalists from having to identify sources or turn over unpublished material to law enforcement. Video of the raid on the home of publisher Eric Meyer shows how distraught his 98-year-old mother became as officers searched through their belongings. Another reporter last month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief over the raid.

Persons: Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield, Gideon Cody, Cody, Marion, Ruth Herbel, it’s, ” Herbel, Eric Meyer, Meyer, Joan Meyer Organizations: Associated Press, Marion, City, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Facebook Locations: Kansas, Marion County, U.S .

☆ With no monkeypox vaccine at home, frustrated Mexicans go abroad
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Brendan O'Boyle | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MEXICO CITY, Oct 17 (Reuters) - As monkeypox continues to impact gay and bisexual men in dozens of countries around the world, at-risk Mexicans are going abroad for vaccines they say their government has not bothered to make available at home. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHerbel, 38, said he wanted the vaccine because half of his friends currently have or have had monkeypox. Mexico City resident Juan David Zuluaga, 32, flew to Tijuana last week to get vaccinated across the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego. Mexico's government has reported 2,147 confirmed cases of monkeypox since May, a number advocates in the gay community say far undercounts cases. "Those with visas and money will get vaccinated and those without will have to resign themselves to eventually getting monkeypox," Baruch said.

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