Published: August 24, 2007 05:36 pm      

UPDATE: Special prosecutor appointed to Murphy investigation

Same lawyer looked into 2006 allegations in Clark County

John Colin, Harrison County’s chief deputy prosecutor, has been appointed special prosecutor and will review allegations that former Clark County Republican Chairman Glenn Murphy Jr. sexually assaulted a man in a Jeffersonville home on July 29.

The appointment came from Clark Circuit Court on Friday, a day after Indianapolis lawyer James Voyles Jr. filed a motion requesting a special prosecutor on Murphy’s behalf.

To date, Murphy, a Utica resident, has not been arrested nor has he been charged with a crime.

In February 2006, Clark Circuit Judge Dan Donahue appointed Colin special prosecutor and asked him to review allegations that Utica Councilman Greg Morrison had offered to have a woman’s sentence on drug charges reduced in exchange for sex. Three months later, Colin announced that there was no evidence that Morrison had committed a crime.