Publisher admits limestone theft

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- The publisher of Ingram's magazine was placed on unsupervised probation after pleading guilty to taking six limestone blocks from a historic farm in this Kansas City suburb.

Joseph K. Sweeney, 43, pleaded guilty on Friday to taking the blocks from Longview Farm.

The limestone blocks were valued at $2,000, police said.

Ingram's, which bills itself as "Kansas City's Business Magazine," had advocated preservation of the historic buildings.