A Venezuelan adult is accused of lying about his age to enroll at a Northwest Ohio high school, in addition to lying on immigration forms and on applications to purchase a firearm.
Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra is 24 years old, but had managed to enroll as a student at Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, a suburb of Toledo, before his actual age was known, according to details related in a press release issued Friday from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
Perrysburg school officials said he attended classes for months and was even involved in school sports.
The U.S. Border Patrol Detroit Sector-Sandusky Bay Station was involved in the investigation.
Other agencies involved included the Perrysburg Police Department, Perrysburg Schools, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Toledo Field Office, Wood County (Ohio) Prosecutor's Office and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives within the Department of Justice.
Perrysburg Superintendent Thomas L. Hosler related the school district's experience and actions in a video statement posted Wednesday and written statements on the school's website.
"He went to extraordinary lengths to conceal his identity," Hosler said about the now former student, citing a series of forged documents and false claims about the person's circumstances. "Our school district, along with the state and federal agencies, were misled by an intentional act...
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