Corruption charges against former Edwardsville Police Chief M. Steve Vaughn were dismissed Tuesday because the statute of limitations for a speedy trial had passed.

Vaughn was charged with allegedly hiding records of two people accused of DUI in Edwardsville. His case originally was dismissed on June 4, 2007, by the Wyandotte County District Court for the violation of a speedy trial.

The Kansas Supreme Court on Jan. 30, 2009, ordered the district court to reopen the case. Ron Keefover, education-information officer for the Kansas Supreme Court, said the Supreme Court had ordered the reverse of the dismissal because it was thought that Vaughn had requested a continuance, which by law would extend the speedy trial period.

After returning to the district court, Senior District Judge Janice D. Russell dismissed the case again Tuesday, saying that it was the state’s responsibility to keep track of the speedy trial deadline.

A second person, former Edwardsville City Council member Bob Lane, also was charged in the ticket-fixing scandal. Lane earlier pleaded no contest to the charges and was found guilty of four misdemeanors — two counts of compounding a crime, one count of conspiracy to commit official misconduct and one count of official misconduct.