Attorneys for former police chief who led Kansas newspaper raid want to drop him as a client

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 263

Last Updated: 3 days, 21 hours ago

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TOPEKA — The attorneys for former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody have asked the court to withdraw from his criminal case because of a broken relationship between the attorneys and their client.

Cody faces a low-level felony charge of interfering with judicial process and is set to go on trial Aug. 24. He led the police raid on the Marion County Record, the newspaper publisher’s home, and the home of a city councilwoman in …

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