(AP) – Police in the Kansas City suburb of Independence have released the name of a man who died after a September shooting.

The  victim has been identified as 24-year-old Jesse A. Phillips. Police spokesman Tom Gentry says officers found him sprawled on a living room floor on Sept. 25. Phillips was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Gentry says the shooting remains under investigation.

(AP) — A 42-year-old Springfield man is facing up to 40 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in a scheme to sell thousands of counterfeit DVDs over the Internet.

Matthew Cerullo pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Springfield to mail fraud, trafficking in counterfeit labels, trafficking in counterfeit goods and making false statements to federal agents.

Prosecutors say the federal probe began after a shipment of counterfeit DVDs from Hong Kong addressed to a UPS store in Missouri was seized at JFK Airport in New York.

Cerullo told investigators he had not received a seizure notice from Customs and Border Protection, and that he does not buy DVDs. Agents who later served a search warrant found four prior seizure notices in his desk and more than 22,000 DVDs.

(AP) – A southwest Missouri agriculture teacher faces criminal charges in a deadly crash.

Thirty-two-year-old Chad Bybee of Rogersville entered not guilty pleas when he was arraigned Monday in Webster County on charges of involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault. Bybee  is jailed on a $100,000 bond.

Authorities said his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit after Friday night’s wrong-way accident on U.S. 60 killed 84-year-old William H. Hughes of Seymour. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Bybee’s 6- and 8-year-old daughters were in their father’s car at the time of the accident and were taken to a Springfield hospital for treatment.

Logan-Rogersville Superintendent Jeremy Tucker says no action had been taken by the district because it’s deferring to the legal system.

(AP) — A Kansas lieutenant governor candidate is suing over the Kansas City suburb of Prairie Village’s prohibition on the open carry of loaded firearms in public places.

Libertarian Party candidate Grant Nelson alleges in the Johnson County suit that the ordinance violates the U.S. Constitution and the Kansas Bill of Rights. Under Kansas law, cities can regulate but not prohibit the open carry of firearms.

Nelson lives in Prairie Village and says he faces a heightened risk for attack because of his candidacy.

City officials say they’ll defend the ordinance. It doesn’t prohibit the open carry of firearms on private property or in private businesses that allow open carry. It also doesn’t apply to those who are legally licensed to carry concealed weapons.

(AP) – A suburban Kansas City physician has surrendered his Missouri medical license after he was accused of sexual improprieties with three teenage Boy Scouts.

Joseph T. Mackey of Blue Springs had been scheduled for a hearing Tuesday in Jefferson City on whether he used his influence as a physician to engage his young patients in sexual activity. But he surrendered his license Monday rather than face further discipline by state regulators.

The 41-year-old Mackey strongly denied the allegations in an affidavit filed with the state.

Mackey was a leader of a Jackson County troop. He also volunteered for the Kansas City area’s Heart of America Council of Boy Scouts as the medical director and ultimately as a member of the executive board.

Many across Missouri issued statements on the passing of former Congressman Ike Skelton

Senator Clair McCaskill released the following statement “Missouri lost a giant tonight. Ike Skelton represented the very best of Missouri, and fought tirelessly for the state he loved. Those of us lucky enough to call him a friend know that he lived the Missouri values of compromise and common sense. And in his half-century of service, he showed how Missouri could be a leader in contributing to the safety and security of our nation. I join all Missourians in sending my thoughts and prayers to Patty and the rest of Ike’s family. I’ll miss him dearly.”

Senator Roy Blunt wrote, “It was a great privilege to serve Missouri in the Congress with Ike Skelton and to benefit from his friendship and advice. No member of the Congress was more dedicated to America’s defense and those who defend us than Ike Skelton. He loved our country and its history and will be remembered for his contributions to both.”

Governor Nixon on Skelton, “A role model to whom I had the honor of presenting Missouri’s highest military honor, the Conspicuous Service Medal, Ike Skelton inspired us all with his quiet dignity and tireless commitment to America’s men and women in uniform,” Gov. Nixon said.  “A friend to Missourians, Americans and liberty-loving people worldwide, Congressman Skelton embodied the true meaning of public service and will forever be remembered as a leader who left a legacy of greater prosperity and security for his district, our state and our nation.”

Missouri Democratic party chair Roy Temple said, “He was a Missourian, a statesman and a champion of a strong and sensible national defense. And above all, he was a gentleman. His love of and faith in America was unshakable and his support for the U.S. military was second to none. This is a loss for Missouri and the nation. We extend our sincerest sympathy to his family.”

 

(AP) – A former Lindenwood University student must serve 90 days in jail, pay the school $5,000 and publicly apologize for publishing confidential student information online.

The St. Charles County prosecutor’s office said Addison Richard Todd was sentenced Monday. He previously pleaded guilty to two counts of tampering with computer data and one count of tampering with a computer user. Both are misdemeanors.

In March, an anonymous source began using Twitter and a Web-based file-sharing site to release a list of more than 180 students who had been suspended the previous semester. Student phone numbers, Social Security numbers, email addresses and grade-point averages were also posted.

Todd must also pay about $1,600 in restitution to St. Charles County’s cybercrime investigative unit, and is banned from any Lindenwood campuses.

(AP) – An apparent scam has been targeting customers of a mid-Missouri bank.

Automated phone calls have been warning people that there is a problem with their Central Bank debit cards.

But the bank’s senior vice president, Dan Westhues, tells the Jefferson City News Tribune that the bank is not responsible for the calls. He says it appears to be a scam to collect private, secure information about people’s bank accounts.

The calls even went to some people who were not customers of Central Bank.

Westhues says scammers sometimes target Central Bank because it is a large bank with an easy-to-use name.

(AP) – Officials of the Missouri State Fair say this year’s attendance rose more than 3 percent from last year.

A final report says admissions to the 11-day August fair totaled about 366,000, an increase of about 13,000 from 2012.

Fair Director Mark Wolfe says the attendance boost is helping the fair’s finances. He says good weather, promotions and special celebrations contributed to growing attendance.

Next year’s Missouri State Fair is scheduled to run from Aug. 7 to Aug. 17.