Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office announced that Rodney McKinney, of Marthasville, was appointed as the new Warren County Prosecuting Attorney on May 27.
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Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office announced that Rodney McKinney, of Marthasville, was appointed as the new Warren County Prosecuting Attorney on May 27.
McKinnney works as an attorney in Union and has previously served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Franklin County and as an assistant public defender in St. Louis, according to a press release from the governor’s office.
“I appreciate the governor giving me the opportunity to serve my community,” said McKinney.
He said he was unsure of an exact start date but said he was eager to begin and would be sworn in within 30 days, as required by statute.
Audrain County Prosecuting Attorney Jacob Shellabarger has been serving in the interim in Warren County and McKinney commended him, and the assistant prosecutors in the office for their efforts in recent months.
Shellabarger had served in the interim since the previous prosecuting attorney, Hannah Dunakey, was removed from office by Judge Richard Scheibe for having an affair with a sheriff’s deputy and prosecuting cases in which that deputy was a witness.
“I hope to restore confidence in the prosecutor’s office,” said McKinney.
McKinney is a member of the Missouri Bar, the Franklin County Bar Association and has volunteered with the Franklin County Treatment Court, according to the press release.
He graduated Cum Laude from the St. Louis University School of Law and holds a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri.
