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State representative visits convicted Akron mom
Milkovich visits Williams-Bolar, the Akron mother who was convicted of records tampering by a Summit County Common Pleas jury.
Story by ANNA STAVER


 
Defendants Kelley Williams-Bolar and Edward Williams in foreground while attorneys talk with Judge during trial.
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Kelly Williams-Bolar, the Akron woman sentenced to 10 days in jail on Monday for falsifying documents so that her children could attend Copley schools, is attracting attention from state law makers.

State Representative Zack Milkovich says he visited her in prison to get her side of the story.

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 Milkovich says he spoke with her state rep, Vernon Sykes, and the two plan to work together to help her realize “her dream of becoming a school teacher.”

However, as Judge Patricia Cosgrove noted during Williams-Bolar’s sentencing, records tampering is a felony that will be reported to the state Department of Education, which will prevent her from getting her license.

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I just heard the news about Kelley Williams-Bolar being convicted of fraud against the school system. She was convicted on two counts of tampering with court records after registering her two girls as living with Williams Bolar's father when they actually lived with her. The family lived in the housing projects in Akron, Ohio, and the father’s address was in nearby Copley Township. Additionally, Williams-Bolar’s father, Edward L. Williams, was charged with a fourth-degree felony of grand theft, in which he and his daughter are charged with defrauding the school system for two years of educational services for their girls. The court determined that sending their children to the wrong school was worth $30,500 in tuition. I am a retired Border Patrol Agent living in Phoenix, Arizona. I worked nearly 20 years in California. Just to let you know, EACH AND EVERYDAY, the Departnment of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Prtection allows thousands upon thousands of students at around 6:00am to enter the United States and attend public schools. They live in Tijuana, BC, Mexico, Mexicali, BC, Mexico and Tecate, BC, Mexico and they use the address of close relatives living in the United States (i.e. aunts, uncles, granmdmothers, grandfathers, etc.) They attend public schools and use tax-payer dollars to get educted. This also happens on the southern border of Arizona at places like Naco, Arizona and Douglas, Arizona. Someone needs to go down to the Tijuana/San Ysidro border and watch these kids go to school each day. How many illegal aliens with fraudulent documents live in the same school district as Ms. Williams and are never asked for proof of their status and where they live? Do the right thing and PARDON Kelley Williams-Bolar.


Posted by: Harold Beasley, Sr (Phoenix, AZ) on January 27, 2011 3:01AM
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