KS Judge Who Approved Raid On Newspaper Has History Of DUIs
"Magistrate Judge Laura Viar signed a search warrant that authorized Marion police to raid the Marion County Record’s newsroom and the home of the editor and seize their computers, cell phones and other records related to the newspaper’s probe into a local restaurant owner’s drunk-driving record." (Wichita Eagle)
Source: Kansas.com
The Kansas magistrate judge who authorized a police raid of the Marion County Record newsroom over its probe into a local restaurateur’s drunken-driving record has her own hidden history of driving under the influence.
Judge Laura Viar, who was appointed on Jan. 1 to fill a vacant 8th Judicial District magistrate seat, was arrested at least twice for DUI in two different Kansas counties in 2012, a Wichita Eagle investigation found. She was the lead prosecutor for Morris County at the time.
Ok, but so what? Many people have done stupid, even illegal things in the past like drunk driving and gone on to live productive lives. In Viar's case though some are contending that her own history played a role in granting the search warrant, which many say should never have happened.