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ABC News
ABC News
16 Aug 2023
ABC News


Marion County, Kansas, has said it will return evidence seized in a controversial police raid of a local newspaper after an attorney review.

Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey wrote in a statement that he had come to the conclusion that "insufficient evidence exists to establish a legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and items seized."

Ensey said that the city will "work with the Marion County Record, or their representative, to coordinate the prompt return of all seized items."

PHOTO: An empty spot on reporter Phyllis Zorn's desk shows where the tower for her computer sat before law enforcement officers seized it in a raid on the Marion County Record, Aug. 13, 2023, in Marion County, Kan.
An empty spot on reporter Phyllis Zorn's desk shows where the tower for her computer sat before law enforcement officers seized it in a raid on the Marion County Record, Aug. 13, 2023, in Marion County, Kan. Editor and Publisher Eric Meyer says the raid was designed to intimidate the newspaper as it investigated local issues.
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The controversy began when police executed a search warrant Friday on the newspaper and on the home of its co-owner, Joan Meyer, the Marion Police Department confirmed in a statement to ABC News. The raid was prompted by a complaint from a prominent local business owner and critic of the newspaper, who accused two city council members at a public meeting of illegally disseminating confidential criminal information about her, took place on Aug. 11.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.