Police Chief Behind Raid of Kansas Newspaper That Led to Death of 98-Year-Old Co-Owner Charged with Felony
The charge was announced earlier last week when special prosecutors who reviewed the case released a 124-page report detailing their findings. Prosecutors formally filed the case on Monday in Marion County District Court
Gideon Cody, the former police chief behind the raid of a small Kansas newspaper that led to the death of the 98-year-old co-owner has been charged with a felony.
Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the Marion County Record -a weekly newspaper published in Marion, Kansas- tragically passed away after an unprecedented police raid on her home and the newspaper office last August. ---More...
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