Marion County Record's seized items being returned

MARION COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) - Days after the Marion County Record's items were seized in Friday's raid by the Marion Police Department, they are being returned.

Attorney Bernie Rhodes for the Marion County Record said the Marion County Attorney has withdrawn the search warrant, and the items seized are being released. 

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says the "investigation remains open, however, we have determined in collaboration with the Marion County Attorney, that the investigation will proceed independently, and without review or examination of any of the evidence seized on Friday, Aug. 11."

On Friday, Marion police seized the newspaper's computers, phones and file server, and the personal cellphones of staff, based on a search warrant investigating alleged identity theft.

Police simultaneously raided Meyer's home, seizing computers, his cellphone and the home's internet router. Meyer blames the stress of the home raid for the Saturday death of his 98-year-old mother, Joan.