A municipal judge in Milwaukee County resigned from her position after prosecutors said she lied about her residence and about obtaining signatures she needed to run for reelection.
Former South Milwaukee municipal court judge Kelly Martyka on Sept. 15 was charged with false swearing in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. She faces up to nine months in prison and fines of up to $10,000 for the misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty on Oct. 8, according to online court records.
Martyka, who was first elected in 2022, narrowly won her reelection bid in April. But a prosecutors accused her of lying about her residency in order to be eligible for the office, and charged her with a crime for allegedly lying about personally circulating her nomination paper forms and personally obtaining signatures on those forms in order to get on the ballot…