CLEVELAND, Ohio -- William F. Kaczmarek was fired from his job as a Cuyahoga County assistant prosecutor after it was determined he had been consorting with a criminal defendant accused of operating an escort service, which was involved with prostitution and illegal drugs, according to Kaczmarek's application for unemployment benefits. (Read the full text of the application in the document reader below).



The application was among several personnel records obtained by The Plain Dealer from the prosecutor's office. Kaczmarek was fired on June 11.



The application includes a section that asks for a description of "the final event that caused the discharge."



The account in the application identifies the defendant as Gregory Krajnyk and states that Krajnyk's computer contained photos of Kaczmarek with a nude escort.



The application also states that Kaczmarek, when interviewed by Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department detectives, "acknowledged his association with Krajnyk and Krajnyk's female companions."



Kaczmarek, 59, was hired as an assistant prosecutor in 2006. He was working in the Juvenile Court unit, said Joe Frolik, spokesman for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty.



Krajnyk was indicted in May on numerous criminal charges, including promoting prostitution, corrupting another with drugs, trafficking in persons, kidnapping and rape.



McGinty issued a written statement this afternoon that said Kaczmarek was fired "for conduct outside the workplace that embarrassed the office of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor. "

The statement went on to say that Kaczmarek "associated with a defendant who has been indicted for human trafficking, prostitution and other very serious crimes. His conduct showed extremely poor judgment and failed to reflect the integrity that I expect – and the people of Cuyahoga County expect – from every employee of this office.”

McGinty spokesman Joe Frolik said that at this point, Kaczmarek faces no criminal charges.

Kaczmarek could not be reached for comment.

Raymond Costanzo, an attorney who Kaczmarek consulted after he was fired, said Krajnyk was an acquaintance of Kaczmarek’s.

“In fact, I think he was an ex-client when Bill was in private practice for a while,” Constanzo said.

Costanzo said he doesn’t expect Kaczmarek to contest his firing, but he does think Kaczmarek is entitled to the unemployment benefits that the prosecutor’s office wants to deny him.

“I mean, I think it’s a little severe that you get fired over something like this,” he said.

Before going to work in the prosecutor’s office, Kaczmarek worked for about 15 years with the Ohio Department of Administrative Services.