Kansas Police Chief Who Led Raid of Newspaper Violated Law: Prosecutors

Prosecutors hired to investigate the search warrants executed on a Kansas newspaper, and the homes of an editor and reporter, claim that the police chief who led the operation violated the law by obstructing their investigation. Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody induced a witness or informant to withhold or unreasonably delay the production of testimony or information, according to special prosecutors Marc Bennett and Barry Wilkerson. The prosecutors declined to provide more information, saying details will be included in charging documents when they are filed, but Cody has been accused of instructing a local restaurant owner to delete text messages they exchanged before the warrants were executed....