A Brown County Sheriff’s Office investigator/lieutenant is facing misdemeanor charges after state investigators said he was accused of threatening and harassing a tribal officer who had ticketed him for a traffic violation.
According to a June 26, 2026 Kansas Bureau of Investigation release, KBI agents coordinated the surrender and arrest of Larry D. Myer, 63, of Lancaster, Kansas, at the Jackson County Jail on June 25 at about 6:30 p.m.
The KBI said Myer was arrested on a warrant for intimidation of a witness or victim and harassment by telecommunication device. Both charges were described by the KBI as misdemeanors. These are charges, not convictions, and Myer is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
The allegations are ugly because of the power dynamic. According to the KBI, the Kickapoo Tribal Police Department requested the investigation in January 2026 after Myer allegedly threatened and harassed a tribal officer who had issued him a traffic citation in December 2025. If the allegation is proven, that would not be a routine personal dispute. It would be a law enforcement official accused of using intimidation after being treated like any other driver.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office’s own contact page listed Larry Myer as “Investigator/ Lieutenant,” which confirms the public-facing role associated with him at the agency. See the Brown County Sheriff’s Office contact listing here.
The KBI said investigative findings were presented to a special prosecutor from the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, who was appointed by Brown County. That detail matters because the case involves a Brown County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant and allegations tied to official law enforcement relationships in the same area.
According to WIBW’s report, the KBI announced that Myer was released on bond and that the investigation remained ongoing.
A later MSC News report, citing online court records, said Myer had retained Topeka attorney Thomas G. Lemon of Cavanaugh, Biggs & Lemon, P.A. The same report said Brandon Apperson, a special prosecutor from the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, was appointed by Brown County to handle the case, and that Myer’s first appearance was scheduled for the morning of July 22, 2026. That court-scheduling and attorney information is based on MSC News’s report and should be treated as a media report unless independently verified through the court docket.
There is no conviction reported in the sources reviewed for this story. There is also no lawsuit mentioned in the reviewed sources. The central facts currently available are that the KBI announced Myer’s arrest, identified the misdemeanor charges, described the alleged threats and harassment involving a tribal officer, and stated that the investigation was ongoing.
For a sheriff’s office lieutenant, even misdemeanor intimidation and harassment allegations deserve public scrutiny. Law enforcement officers have the authority to detain, cite, arrest, and testify. When one of them is accused of targeting another officer over a traffic ticket, the public has every reason to ask whether the badge was respected as a duty — or treated like a shield from accountability.
