Wisconsin Ex-Prosecutor In Hot Water; Faces Forgery / I.D. Theft Charges; Alllegedly Obtained Mortgage, Other Loans In Daughter's Name

In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the Leader Telegram reports:

• Forty years ago, Paul L. Kelly sat in the prosecutor's seat in Eau Claire County Court. On Friday, he sat in the defendant's chair, wearing an orange jail-issue jumpsuit with his wrists and ankles cuffed. Kelly, 68, [...] faces 66 felony charges of identity theft and forgery with more than a third of those counts carrying a maximum punishment of up to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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• Kelly claimed to have power of attorney for his daughter [...] while she lived in Colorado. He purchased a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible for $7,459, took out a mortgage from First Federal Savings Bank for $128,250 in her name, another loan from the Bank of Augusta for $7,200 to pay for a 1995 Ford conversion van and then filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy on her behalf.

• Kelly tried to get a $56,000 loan to purchase property [...] by claiming that he had power of attorney for his grandson. At the time, the child was 8 years old, but Kelly used his social security number and said his grandson was a 25-year-old construction worker and forged W-2s and employment records.

For more, see Ex-D.A. in court again.