Her name is Kelley Williams-Bolar. She’s 40, a college student and a single mom. And, on Jan. 15, she became a convicted felon. Here’s how this sorry state of affairs came about. Williams-Bolar lives in an Akron, Ohio, public housing project. In addition to attending college, she worked at an Akron high school as a teaching assistant. Sounds like a solid, law-abiding citizen, right?

But Williams-Bolar broke Ohio’s law when, according to various news reports, she used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in the Copley-Fairlawn City School District, which lies outside of Akron. Before that, Williams-Bolar’s daughters attended school in the Akron City School District.