Kansas cops raid Marion County Record newspaper office, seize records, injure reporter

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Police in Marion, Kansas, raided the office of the Marion County Record, along with the home if its publisher, amid a dispute with a local businesswoman.

Meyer reported last week that Newell had kicked newspaper staff out of a public forum with LaTurner.A confidential source contacted the newspaper, Meyer said and provided evidence that Newell had been convicted of drunken driving and continued to use her vehicle without a driver’s license.

A reporter with the Marion Record used a state website to verify the information provided by the source. Police notified Newell, who then complained at a city council meeting that the newspaper had illegally obtained and disseminated sensitive documents, which isn’t true.The next morning, cops showed up simultaneously at Meyer’s home and the newspaper office.

 

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