Kansas mayor charged with felony perjury: report

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A mayor in Kansas was arrested and charged with felony perjury on Wednesday, accused of lying during a non-felony trial, court documents show, according to reports.

Michelle Distler, 47, the mayor of Shawnee, a city about 10 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City, Kan., was released from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office on a $2,500 bond.

The Johnson County District Attorney’s office alleges that on March 7, Distler did “unlawfully, feloniously, intentionally, and falsely subscribe as true and correct under penalty of perjury any material matter in any declaration, verification, certificate or statement.” But reports carried no plain-English details about the mayor's alleged crime.

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