A veteran Marine with an unblemished record was placed on community control for three years Tuesday for having sex with a participant in the Lucas County Work Release Program where he was employed as a shift supervisor.
Wesley McClellan-Kincaid, 32, of the 3700 block of Linden Green Drive also was ordered by Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Myron Duhart to spend 60 days on electronic monitoring and complete a sex offender program through the Lucas County Adult Probation Department.
“Mr. Kincaid, a great deal of trust was put into you, and with great trust comes great expectations,” the judge said. “Quite frankly, I have no idea. I mean what were you thinking?”
“I wasn't,” McClellan-Kincaid replied.
McClellan-Kincaid entered an Alford plea — not admitting guilt — to one count of sexual battery. Three additional counts were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Defense attorney Jerome Phillips told the court McClellan-Kincaid served two tours of duty in the Middle East, was honorably discharged, and had no criminal record as a juvenile or adult. Mr. Phillips called the consensual sexual encounters “a crime of opportunity.”
McClellan-Kincaid resigned Dec. 13, and Mr. Phillips said his client would never be in the position of having authority over inmates again.
For his part, McClellan-Kincaid told the court he took full responsibility for his behavior.
“It has put a strain on everything on my life — family, otherwise,” he said. “I don't really know what to say. It's just shocking to me. I'm disappointed with myself actually.”
It was the second such situation with a county employee in recent years.
Last year, then-Lucas County Probation Officer Angela Kimball pleaded guilty to one count of sexual battery for having sex with a male client. Kimball, who was fired, also was placed on community control for three years and ordered to complete a sex offender program.