Earlier this year, the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office arrested Aisha Carr as part of an investigation into whether she lied about living in the school district she represents, according to a recently unsealed search warrant.・GPS records of Mr. Kerr's cell phone were obtained.
The District Attorney's Office did not respond to questions from the Journal Sentinel on Friday about whether an investigation into potential misconduct was still ongoing. Circuit court records do not show any charges of misconduct filed against Carr.
Carr told the Journal Sentinel on Friday that “there is no investigation” into her stay.
“I still and always will live in my district,” Carr said in a text message.
According to records attached to the warrant, the district attorney's office was investigating Carr for violating state laws governing the conduct of public servants. The law cites state law 946.12(4), which makes intentional falsification of records by a public official a first-degree felony. The maximum penalty is 18 months in prison and two years of extended supervision.
Investigators with the District Attorney's Office said in the warrant request that Carr “submitted numerous documents to MPS” containing addresses that they believe will turn out to be false.
Last year, a Hartland-Lakeside School District school board member was charged with misdemeanor election fraud after being accused of using her father's address on election forms. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail at the Hoover Facility in Waukesha County.
Carr has voted out of district in three elections.
While campaigning for a Northside Board seat in 2021, Carr publicly said he did not live in District 4, but said he intended to move to the district before being sworn into office. Stated.
State law requires Milwaukee school board members to reside in the school district they represent.
According to court records with a warrant, Carr updated her driver's license to an address in the 4th District in April 2021, the month she won the election. However, the district attorney's office argued there was evidence, including utility records, showing Carr did not move to the 4th District until March 2023.
Additionally, voting records show Carr voted outside of the 4th District in February 2022, November 2022 and April 2023.
If Mr. Carr actually lives in the 4th Ward and voted in another precinct, the district attorney's office noted that Mr. Carr could be charged with election fraud rather than election fraud.
When previously contacted by the Journal Sentinel about his voting location, Carr said there had been problems at his polling place, saying, “My voter registration has changed a year and a half and I went to two different polling locations, but I was simply told that it was not registered.” she said in a text message.
She went on to say, “It would be foolish to attack or pursue anything. I honor my oath and will not do anything to jeopardize it.”
In April of this year, records show Carr voted in District 4.
Carr's phone records were obtained by investigators.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office requested a warrant for Carr's AT&T phone data in January, according to court records. The agency requested GPS location data from January 1, 2021 to November 15, 2023, as well as call records and text messages.
Investigators with the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office requested the GPS data and said the information “provides evidence of where Mr. Carr is spending his holidays.”
Court records only show receipt of GPS location data provided by AT&T in January. Records do not indicate what investigators learned from the phone data.
The warrant records were sealed for 90 days to prevent Carr from learning about the investigation before investigators obtained the phone data. They were sealed until April 10, according to a circuit court judge's order.
Mr. Kerr may also be subject to investigation by the MPS board.
Separately, Carr told the Journal Sentinel on Thursday that he believes he is the subject of accusations of misconduct that were reviewed privately by the school board Thursday night. The nature of the complaint has not been made public.
School board members said they were unable to share what happened during that closed-door meeting. They had the option of launching their own investigation into Carr's conduct. If the investigation proceeds, board rules state that Mr. Kerr would receive a public hearing before the board votes on whether to charge him or fire him.
Last month, a recorded conversation surfaced online in which Carr told a former Milwaukee Public Schools administrator that he planted a recording device in MPS Superintendent Keith Posley's office. Carr told the Journal Sentinel that although she did not plant the recording device, she gave false statements to her former manager to determine whether she could be trusted. It's unclear whether the school board's potential investigation is related to that incident.
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