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Friday, 15 May 2009 |
By WILLIAM LANEY
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS — A man from eastern Ohio, using a local farm insurance agent’s identity, is now in prison for importuning.
Kevin G. McKinnon, 51, of New Concord, received a one-year sentence last week for soliciting sex from a minor, a fifth-degree felony. Auglaize County Common Pleas Judge Frederick Pepple issued the sentence May 8 after McKinnon was found guilty of the crime March 9.
Pepple ordered McKinnon to be incarcerated for one year at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections at Orient and labeled the New Concord man as a Tier I sex offender. As a Tier I sex offender, McKinnon will have to register with his local sheriff’s office annually for the next 15 years.
McKinnon also was fined $2,500 and given five years probation.
Pepple ordered McKinnon, who was represented by Dayton attorney Dana Stamps, to the serve the maximum sentence of one year in prison and to pay a $2,500 fine. McKinnon was arrested Sept. 10 and indicted Sept. 19 on one count of importuning. He was arrested by officers with the St. Marys Police Department after he arranged to meet what he thought was a 15-year-old Memorial High School student at a restaurant.
A police officer was posing as the underage student, part of sting by the St. Marys Police Department, which netted seven arrests.
McKinnon made arrangements to meet the 15-year-old girl in St. Marys on the morning of Sept. 10 so she could accompany him as he traveled from Dayton to Toledo. He suggested sexual acts could be performed while he drove, and in exchange he might give the girl money to purchase her own cell phone, according to court records.
Shortly before 1 p.m., officers stopped McKinnon, who noted he was in town to meet Wapakoneta insurance agent Alan Davis. McKinnon used the name of Alan Davis when he contacted the 15-year-old girl.
Law enforcement and court officials made Alan Davis aware of his name being used. Alan Davis was not implicated or connected to the case other than having his identity used by McKinnon.
When McKinnon was stopped, he had a lap top with a GPS unit in the car. He also was seen at the restaurant and driving by a second meeting place.
McKinnon’s attorney filed a motion to suppress evidence in the case, but Pepple denied the motion.
“From all of the evidence that the officers knew, the police had probable cause to make the arrest of the defendant (McKinnon) for importuning,” Pepple’s ruling states. “This case did not involve guesswork as to whether a crime had occurred.”
The court document continues “officers had probable cause to make the arrest. Hence, the search incident to the arrest at the motor vehicle, the computer in the motor vehicle, the GPS and items obtained were all lawfully obtained.” |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 May 2009 )
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