Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody returned earlier this week to the town where he raided a newspaper to face a dozen journalists along with a felony charge for his actions after the raid.
Cody led police in the Aug. 11, 2023, raid on the Marion County Record, the editor’s home and a councilwoman’s home under the false pretense that a newspaper reporter had committed identity theft by looking up restaurateur Kari Newell’s driving record.
Special prosecutors charged Cody with one count of interference with the judicial process, a low-level felony, for asking Newell after the raid to delete text messages between the two. Cody told her he was concerned their relationship would be misinterpreted, according to court documents.
The full story can be read at The Mercury.
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