The Marion Chief of Police, who spearheaded a raid on the town's newspaper on August 11, has been suspended.
The Mayor of Marion made the announcement Thursday that Police Chief Gideon Cody was suspended, affected immediately. A reason was not given and no further details were released.
Cody's suspension comes just over a month following the Department's raid on the town's newspaper, the owner's home. The warrant was approved with the pretense that reporter Phyllis Zorn committed identity theft when she accessed public records on a public website.
The KBI investigation into the raid continues.