Report brings secret deal to light
Drug defendant and accused arsonist Adrian Kirtz -- seen as a key witness in the pending conspiracy-to-commit-bribery case against ex-county prosecutor Michael Alexander -- apparently wanted more in a confidential settlement last year than just splitting his money and property with the Muncie-Delaware County Drug Task Force.
McKinney, acting as DTF attorney, signed off on that out-of-court deal, which gave the DTF $25,212 along with a 2003 GMC Denali, a motorcycle and other personal property seized from Kirtz and his girlfriend, Lacie Williams, who were arrested in 2006 with nearly 18 ounces of cocaine between them.
McKinney, elected prosecutor in November of that year, was also the initial deputy prosecutor assigned to the criminal case against Williams.
McKinney says he’s target of ‘revenge and retaliation’
McKinney insists no one ever circumvented court action in forfeiture cases, and plans to contest most of Dailey’s findings on many grounds.
“I am confident that people of Delaware County can see through the facade and understand this for what it is and has been all along, a character assassination in the finest tradition of Delaware County politics, and revenge and retribution for… my attempts to clean up the justice system here in Delaware County,“ said McKinney, like Dailey a Democrat.
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