"Kansas Vice Mayor Calls for Suspension of Police Chief After Controversial Home Raid"
Marion, Kansas, Vice Mayor Ruth Herbel is calling for the suspension of the police chief following "illegal" raids on her home and a local newspaper office. The raids were conducted based on the police chief's belief that a reporter had committed identity theft. However, the county attorney later stated that there was insufficient evidence for the raids and asked for the return of seized property. Herbel accused the police chief of falsifying documents used to obtain search warrants and called for his suspension pending an investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The newspaper also criticized the raids as unjustified.