Judge denies Globe request for camera in courtroom at Pickup trial

In a ruling issued today, Judge John LePage denied the Joplin Globe's request to have a camera in the courtroom during the trial of former Neosho police officer Justin Keith Pickup, which is scheduled to begin Wednesday in McDonald County Circuit Court.

Pickup, 25, is charged with a misdemeanor, endangering the welfare of a minor, for allegedly supplying vodka to 16-year-old Kassie Schenck, Neosho, shortly before she died in a one-car accident Dec. 21.

The case is being heard in McDonald County on a change of venue from Newton County.