A VENEZUELAN man has been arrested after allegedly posing as a teenage boy and attending high school for over a year.
School bosses in Ohio claimed that Anthony E. Labrador-Sierra, 24, had even played on soccer and swim teams alongside kids.
Wood County JailAnthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra, 24, has been charged with forgery[/caption] WTOL11Labrador-Sierra has been accused of enrolling in the district as a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor[/caption]The alleged ruse was only discovered when a woman claimed that Labrador-Sierra was the father of her child, reported CBS-affiliated WTOL-11.
Perrysburg Schools told parents in a statement about an “incident involving a student who was (allegedly) enrolled under false pretenses.
“On May 19, 2025, Anthony Labrador was arrested on charges of felony forgery by the Perrysburg Police Department.
“Labrador had been enrolled at Perrysburg High School under the name and age of a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor on January 11, 2024.”
This was in “accordance with federal and state requirements for enrolling students experiencing homelessness or without a legal guardian,” the district added.
The alleged fraudster had several pieces of identification that “further complicated the situation,” including an Ohio driver’s license and a federal Social Security number, school bosses added.
Labrador-Sierra was also “issued federal Temporary Protective Status (TPS) from the US Immigration Department.”
Guardianship had been granted to a Perrysburg family by the Wood County Juvenile Court, the statement said.
It added, “On the evening of May 14, the guardians who had taken responsibility for Labrador contacted the school district to report that they had received information indicating that he was not a minor, but in fact a 24-year-old adult.
“On May 15, district administrators met with Labrador to address the concern.
“He denied the allegation and asserted that the birth certificate submitted during his enrollment — which indicates he is currently 17 years old — was accurate.
“Given the seriousness of the claim, Perrysburg Schools immediately directed the guardians to keep Labrador off school property while the matter was investigated further.”
WTOL said that the family which had taken him in was contacted last week by a woman who claimed that Labrador-Sierra was the father of her child.
His adoptive family is understood to have then alerted Perrysburg schools, which contacted the cops.
This resulted in the launching of a fraud case, with help provided by US Customs and Border Protection and ICE.
Perrysburg Schools administrators said that after being alerted to the possible fraud, they “had investigated this claim further based on the information provided by the guardians.”
They added, “Through their investigation (the administrators) found social media posts by others, including those claiming to be Labrador’s family.
“The school district contacted the Perrysburg Police Division who initiated their own investigation.
“The subsequent investigation ultimately led to Labrador’s arrest on May 19.”
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