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| Business Behind Bars Is Profitable For Inmate |
| By whas11.com |
| Published: 11/09/2010 |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A state prisoner in Kentucky assigned to a halfway house is accused of running a business while in state custody. His alleged scheme involved hiring workers to help renovate the historic Starks Building in downtown Louisville, and the plan might have worked. It turned out that the inmate was able to rent an office in the Starks Building, obtain a contract to perform renovations there and even hire workers to do the job, but the inmate failed to pay his employees, who eventually made authorities aware of the situation. The pay was supposed to be at least $10 an hour. “I found an ad on Craig’s List for asbestos workers,” said Ray Getsfred. McKinney Solutions, a new company in the Starks building owned by Robert McKinney, was helping with renovations. “We trusted him,” said Starks Security Director Duane Watts, who said the building’s owner hired McKinney’s company to do demolition work. “Refinishing floors, we were painting walls, we were tearing out ceilings.and putting them back in,” said Getsfred. Mike Edwards says that McKinney failed to pay him for almost 250 hours. “Zero. Nothing. We got paid nothing,” said Getsfred. McKinney wasn't supposed to be in business in the first place since he was serving a sentence for multiple felony convictions at the Community Transitional Services halfway house operated for the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Read More. |
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