Former Neosho police officer Justin Pickup, facing a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child, turned himself in to Newton County authorities Saturday night, according to an article in the Joplin Globe:
He was released after posting a $5,000 bond in the second degree. His first court date is July 17.
Pickup was charged with the misdemeanor by the attorney general's office following an investigation into the death of Kassie Schenck, 16, Neosho, in a one-car accident shortly after Pickup allegedly bought vodka for her.
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So much for Neosho's hometown newspaper, which doesn't seem to have the story. Even though the Globe says he turned himself in two days ago, the Neosho Daily News web site says it's doubtful that he can be extradited. That kind of slack coverage doesn't cut it in today's world NDN!
Kicking Buzz out of town let everyone know that recent improvements at the Daily aren't going to last.
It looks to me as if the GLOBE ran the story in their Monday edition (at last the on-line edition) as did the DAILY. And I don't believe the "DAILY NEWS website" said anything about exradition....I believe that issue came from the sheriff -not the newspaper.
Randy, aren't you correcting inaccurate information that you allow on your site or does the truth not mattter unless it fits your prejudices?
Both of you have been too quick to rush to judgment. When the first two anonymous posters wrote, the Daily News website had not been updated and, indeed, still carried the story including the sheriff's extradition remarks. However, at the same time, I am sure that the Daily print edition had already hit the streets with the information. Having been the editor and reporter for an afternoon newspaper, I can tell you how irritating it is to see the morning newspaper (the Globe) beat you to a story simply because it publishes earlier in the day. I am sure the Daily had the story. It probably should have been posted on the website earlier. As for my so-called prejudices, I would like to know what those would be. I have continually written in extremely positive terms about the work John Ford has done with the Neosho Daily News. The last negative comments I made about the newspaper, if memory serves me correctly, came when the Daily published a laudatory story about a Moark facility in Roggen, Colo., without mentioning that Moark paid for the trip. It sounds to me as if you are the one who has the prejudice problem, only it is toward me.
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