Frederick Prehn the dude who won't resign from the DNR has cell phone searched for deleted texts.

Prehn’s phone to be searched for deleted texts in open records case - WISCONSiN EXAMINER.


Frederick Prehn, the Wausau dentist who has been allowed to remain in his seat on the Natural Resources Board (NRB) indefinitely since his term ended, has turned his cell phone data over to forensic investigators to search for deleted text messages, lawyers said in a Dane County Circuit Court hearing on Wednesday.

A company has been contracted to search through Prehn’s personal devices for any text messages he sent between June 29, 2020 and June 29, 2021 about his decision not to leave his seat after his term expired in May 2021. The company, Digital Intelligence, may be able to find some previously deleted messages, though modern phone technology makes it impossible to retrieve some messages.

The case against Prehn was filed last year by Midwest Environmental Advocates (MEA), which sent an open records request to Prehn and other members of the NRB, seeking their communications. The Department of Natural Resources responded to MEA’s request by handing over emails, but said no text messages responsive to the request existed.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/prehns-phone-to-be-searched-for-deleted-texts-in-open-records-case/