Eric Meyer

Why would somebody fake cancer?

Why would somebody fake cancer?

I was just sitting there at the house, checking email, doing normal stuff, and they came to the door.

I was just sitting there at the house, checking email, doing normal stuff, and they came to the door.

They said they were serving a warrant.

They said they were serving a warrant.

This is purely a retirement gig.

This is purely a retirement gig.

Down at the office, they took the reporters' cell phones or personal cell phones and all the computers that we used in the news operation, along with our file server, along with our backup drives. They'd been bragging around to other officers that this was going to be the biggest raid in the history of Marion County. They brought every officer they'd had. They even brought extra on.

Down at the office, they took the reporters' cell phones or personal cell phones and all the computers that we used in the news operation, along with our file server, along with our backup drives. They'd been bragging around to other officers that this was going to be the biggest raid in the history of Marion County. They brought every officer they'd had. They even brought extra on.

They brought a state fire marshal to come in as extra help to do the raiding.

They brought a state fire marshal to come in as extra help to do the raiding.

No. No. It's unheard of. No one ever expected anything like this to ever happen.

No. No. It's unheard of. No one ever expected anything like this to ever happen.

I started doing menial things like stapling. We had a job printing operation and I would staple and trim things. And then I was about sixth or seventh grade, I started developing all the pictures and making all the... In those days, we had to make engravings of pictures. I did that all through high school. I became the vacation relief for my parents.

I started doing menial things like stapling. We had a job printing operation and I would staple and trim things. And then I was about sixth or seventh grade, I started developing all the pictures and making all the... In those days, we had to make engravings of pictures. I did that all through high school. I became the vacation relief for my parents.

And actually, my grandmother, who had retired from the Wichita Eagle, was also working there. So I guess this is a family retirement thing.

And actually, my grandmother, who had retired from the Wichita Eagle, was also working there. So I guess this is a family retirement thing.

Everything local. If it happens in Marion County, we cover it. So anything that happens from, you know, cars hitting deer – chicken dinner type stuff, the honor roll at the schools, everything that happens in local government.

Everything local. If it happens in Marion County, we cover it. So anything that happens from, you know, cars hitting deer – chicken dinner type stuff, the honor roll at the schools, everything that happens in local government.