Police Chief Behind Raid of Kansas Newspaper That Led to Death of 98-Year-Old Co-Owner Charged with Felony
Police in Marion, Kansas, raid the office of the Marion County Record on Friday. (@ABCWorldNews / Twitter screen shot)
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.
The city of Marion’s five-officer police force, along with two sheriff’s deputies, conducted the raid on the Marion County Record’s office and the home of owner and publisher Eric Meyer. The shocking operation left Joan Meyer,
