The search of the Marion Record’s offices had its origins in a dispute between a restaurant owner and her estranged husband, records and interviews show.
In sworn affidavits that have not previously been reported, Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody also told a judge that the Kansas Department of Revenue had confirmed to him that Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn had downloaded the private record. The documents provide the first public accounting of the evidence that was cited to justify the raid.
the places that were searched. He asked police to return the property seized from the newspaper. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has said it still is examining whether the newspaper violated state law.The raid had its origins in a dispute between the restaurant owner, Kari Newell, and her estranged husband, Ryan, according to interviews with individuals named in the affidavits and other participants.
But she said neither reporters nor anyone else had the right to use nonpublic information from her driver’s license to look up her personal information. She wants the investigation to continue into anyone who logged on to get information.Newell confirmed that she lost her license after being convicted of drunken driving and that she drove while her license was suspended.
Three days later, Kari Newell addressed the city council and alleged that the newspaper had illegally obtained her driving record. During a call that evening, Meyer admitted to Newell that Zorn had downloaded her record and that as a result “there would be no story” about it, according to one of Cody’s affidavits.
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