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Alderman says he will run for Milwaukee mayor MILWAUKEE — The election for Milwaukee mayor is 18 months away, but another candidate has stepped forward to run for the office. Alderman Joe Davis announced last week his can- didacy for mayor. "I have decided not to seek re-election as alder- man for the Second District of the city of Milwaukee, and announce my candidacy for seeking the office of Mayor, for the city of Milwaukee," Davis announced Oct. 22 in front of a group of supporters at Meticulous Auto on West Fond du Lac Avenue. During his announcement, Davis said the turning point while contemplating his decision to run for mayor was the "handling of the Dontre Hamilton sit- uation and the case." In his speech, Davis pledged his commitment toward fighting poverty, crime and the city's racial divide, and being a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars. In July, Alderman Bob Donovan announced his candidacy for mayor. "I welcome Joe into the race and think it speaks volumes to the level of concern we have for the City of Milwaukee," Donovan said in a statement. Barrett hasn't officially announced re-election plans, but it's widely speculated that he will run. Davis was first elected alderman in 2003. Donovan has been an alderman since 2000. Barrett was elected mayor in April 2004 and won re-election in 2008 and 2012. Fourteen arrests made during trick-or-treat initiative MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office conducted its annual "Operation Trick or Treat" initiative Sunday and made 14 arrests. Deputies conducted checks on 219 registered sex offenders. Five sex offenders were arrested for violation of their probation and parole conditions during the sweep. Some of the violation details were a 5-year-old child in a residence, possession of alcoholic beverages, unap- proved cell phones with Internet access and a camera, and possession of Halloween candy. In addition to the Sunday initiative, sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force also conducted warrant sweeps on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24, clear- ing nine warrants with arrests of subjects wanted for sex crimes. The Sheriff's Office partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Probation and Parole, and police departments in Milwaukee, West Allis, West Milwaukee and Greenfield to ensure that sex offenders in the county complied with DOC guidelines prohibiting interaction with trick-or-treaters. 4 • Milwaukee County Post • October 31, 2014 WEEK IN REVIEW STATE AND LOCAL STORIES OF INTEREST Milwaukee woman charged with identity theft WAUKESHA — A Milwaukee woman could face more than a decade in prison after she allegedly tried to cash checks from an account not belonging to her. Twenty-nine year old Nicole A. Josephson was charged in Waukesha Circuit Court on Oct. 24 with two counts of identity theft — financial gain. If convicted on the two felony counts, she could receive a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison. According to a criminal complaint, a man said he received a call from Josephson because she needed a ride to Oconomowoc because a man there owed her $2,500. The man said she then gave him three checks, two of which later were not accepted. Josephson later asked the man for another ride to the same residence and then gave him a check for $2,000. When he tried to cash it, he was told he needed permission from the owner of the account, according to the complaint. The Oconomowoc man, whose account the checks were drawing from, said he had given Josephson cash in the past because he had hired her as a prostitute, but had never given her any checks, according to the report. Proposed plan would invest $10M in parks and cultural venues in Milwaukee County MILWAUKEE — Supervisor Gerry Broderick and Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic announced an amendment to the $1.3 billion Milwaukee County 2015 proposed budget that begins to address the county's major backlog in mainte- nance to its parks and cultural assets. The County Board's Finance, Personnel and Audit Committee, which approved the amendment, restores County Executive Chris Abele's proposed 5 percent cut to the operat- ing budgets of the Charles Allis Museum, Villa Terrace, the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, the County Fund for the Performing Arts and the Milwaukee County Historical Society. The amendment also authorizes $10 million in new capital funding to address deferred maintenance in county-owned parks, with a focus on highly used public areas. The first $1 million will fund critical projects at the Charles Allis and the Marcus Center for Performing Arts. "Our cultural assets are far too valuable for us to ignore through budgetary neglect," Broderick said. "Our parks are the jewels of our community, and we cannot allow contin- ued deterioration through deferred maintenance. This is a significant first step in address- ing those needs." Dimitrijevic said parks and cultural assets are part of the quality of life in Milwaukee County and should be protected from the ravaging effects of continued deferred mainte- nance. The Public Policy Forum estimates "county-owned parks and cultural institutions need about $246 million to fund deferred maintenance over the next five years." In a recent report, the forum said the Abele's proposed budget "does not appear to make a meaningful dent in the comprehensive capital needs of the parks and cultural institutions ... this chal- lenge will continue to grow and eventually should be addressed in a meaningful way." "Interest rates are incredibly low while public demand for investing in our parks is extremely high," Dimitrijevic said. "We have all heard the talk for years about the down- ward spiral we are heading into and now is the time for action. The journey of reversing course and investing in our infrastructure will be long, but for the sake of future genera- tions we must begin today." The amendment will be included in the budget package that will be voted on by the County Board on Nov. 10. Complaint: Milwaukee man took trade-in car, crashed it MILWAUKEE — A car salesman took a trade-in vehicle off the lot of the Ernie Von Schledorn dealership in Menomonee Falls without permission and crashed it in Milwaukee, according to a criminal complaint against him. Shawn Carson, 39, of Milwaukee, was charged with one count of auto theft on Oct. 23 and ordered held on a $300 cash bond and a $2,500 signature bond. A criminal complaint against him in Waukesha County Circuit Court said Carson accepted a 2009 Volkswagen GTI as a trade-in from customers on a sale Oct. 18, and failed to turn in the keys as required. Dealership officials learned the car was missing when con- tacted by Milwaukee police the next Monday, who advised that the car was involved in an accident in Milwaukee over the weekend, the complaint said. No one gave Carson permission to take the car, worth $13,000, it added. Carson, when contacted via phone by police, "stated he had made some poor choices by being arrested while driving under the influence in Milwaukee," and knew his boss at the dealership was upset, the complaint said. Court upholds conviction of man arrested after ex-wife's tip WAUKESHA — An ex-wife's tip to police that her ex-husband was driving drunk was enough to give officers reasonable suspicion to arrest the man for operating while intoxi- cated, the District II Court of Appeals ruled last week. David Marker of Milwaukee, 47, appealed his conviction for first-offense OWI with chil- dren under 16 in the car, which stemmed from his Feb. 22, 2013, arrest. Marker met his ex-wife that day to transfer custody of their children, and she told police about her concerns that he was intoxicated due to bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. She gave officers a description of his vehicle and his route through Brookfield. Police located and stopped Marker, and he was eventually convicted of OWI, with Circuit Court Judge Lloyd Carter finding the stop was justified under the doctrine of police as com- munity caretakers. Marker appealed, saying police did not make an effort to observe errat- ic driving before the stop. But the appellate court ruled that the ex-wife's tip created enough reasonable suspicion for police to stop his vehicle and upheld the conviction.

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