SYCAMORE – A Missouri man was sentenced to 3 years in prison for scamming a Sycamore woman out of more than $18,000.

Jeremy Skaggs, 33, of the 1000 block of Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty to felony theft – a Class 2 felony. Skaggs was sentenced to 3 years in prison with credit for time served, which included 90 days served in county jail and 440 days he served in a Kansas prison. Skaggs was in a Kansas prison on a separate offense when theft charges were filed in DeKalb County.

He will also be on two years of mandatory supervision upon release and must pay $18,273 to the victim within two years of his release.