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Broadcast reporter charged following investigation of protest arrest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 26, 2024
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Carlos Sanchez (KTBC)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Texas Department of Public Safety
Charges →: Assault: assault against a peace officer

April 26, 2024: Charges pending

April 29, 2024: Charges dropped

Assault: assault against a peace officer

April 30, 2024: Charges pending

Obstruction: impeding a public servant

April 30, 2024: Charges pending
Detention Date →: May 1, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal Orders →: warrant for other

April 26, 2024: Pending

April 29, 2024: Dropped

warrant for other

April 30, 2024: Pending

May 1, 2024: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Judge lifts Indybay gag order over voided search warrant

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 24, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Indybay

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 24, 2024: Pending

Feb. 3, 2024: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid

Incident Details

Updated On: April 1, 2024
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Marion County Record
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Computer, 4

Storage device, 1

Work product, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Kansas newspaper editor’s home raided by local law enforcement

Incident Details

Updated On: April 1, 2024
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Eric Meyer (Marion County Record), Joan Meyer (Marion County Record)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 3

Storage device, 1

Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

FBI raids home, office of independent journalist on hacking allegations

Incident Details

Updated On: February 21, 2024
Date of Incident: May 8, 2023
Location: Tampa, Florida
Targets: Tim Burke (Independent)

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 4

Computer, 9

Storage device, 7

Work product, 4
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in part
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

May 4, 2023: Pending

May 8, 2023: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Ohio editor charged with wiretapping after publishing obtained court recording

Incident Details

Updated On: August 14, 2023
Date of Incident: October 31, 2022
Location: Waverly, Ohio
Targets: Derek Myers (Scioto Valley Guardian)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Pike County Sheriff's Office
Charges →: Wiretapping: interception of wire, oral or electronic communications

Oct. 31, 2022: Charges pending

Aug. 10, 2023: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: November 1, 2022
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal Orders →: warrant for other

Oct. 28, 2022: Pending

Nov. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Editor’s laptop, cellphone seized following publication of courtroom recording

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 28, 2022
Location: Waverly, Ohio
Targets: Derek Myers (Scioto Valley Guardian)

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Oct. 28, 2022: Pending

Oct. 28, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Devices illegally seized in investigation of reporter’s murder, Review-Journal argues

Incident Details

Updated On: January 25, 2024
Date of Incident: September 2022
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: A-22-859361-C
Targets: Jeff German (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 4

Storage device, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2022: Pending

Sept. 3, 2022: Carried out

Sept. 26, 2022: Objected to

May 10, 2023: Upheld

May 22, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 5, 2023: Partially upheld

Jan. 26, 2024: Partially upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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