The wild saga started in November 2023, when Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra expressed curiosity in enrolling at Perrysburg Excessive Faculty, claiming he “had been homeless and was an immigrant from Venezuela.” On the time, he allegedly claimed he had been the sufferer of human trafficking, stated he was 16 and used the title Anthony Labrador.

Per police, he introduced a Venezuelan beginning certificates with a December 2, 2007 birthdate on the time, and claimed he was residing at an deal with in Toledo. He started attending the varsity in January 2024, earlier than an area couple who had housed change college students previously had been contacted by Labrador and agreed to let him stick with them. He started residing with them in March 2024, earlier than they later grew to become his authorized guardians in November that very same yr.

Within the time since enrolling on the faculty, he allegedly obtained a driver’s license, Social Safety quantity and momentary protecting standing from the U.S. Immigration Division. He additionally began enjoying sports activities for the varsity, enjoying for each the junior varsity soccer and swim groups.

However then, based on authorities, the “teen” was uncovered as being a person in his 20s.

Earlier this month, a 22-year-old girl contacted the guardians and claimed Labrador wasn’t who he appeared. She allegedly claimed he was truly 24 and the daddy of her baby, and despatched pictures and different documentation to them to show she wasn’t mendacity. Per WTOL, the nameless girl had an Ohio driver’s license with a March 27, 2001 birthdate, in addition to a Social Safety card within the title of Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra — and pictures of her with him and Labrador with a toddler.

Native police then reportedly reached out to frame patrol, who stated Labrador’s visa standing expired in 2023. When he was confronted with the data on Could 15, he allegedly denied the allegations. Nevertheless, on Could 19, he was arrested after a site visitors cease — with bodycam footage launched displaying him within the automobile with a lady on the time of his arrest.

He was charged with forgery for utilizing faux paperwork to enroll in the highschool. Labrador entered a not responsible plea on Tuesday, was ordered to not have contact with the varsity or the household who took him in and is behind bars on $50,000 bond.

“This case includes extremely uncommon and misleading circumstances that impacted many native, state and federal businesses,” faculty superintendent Tom Hosler stated within the letter.

“The varsity district has reviewed its actions concerning enrollment and is assured correct authorized channels had been adopted to supply assist for a person presenting themselves as an unaccompanied minor as spelled out within the McKinney-Vento Homeless Help Act,” the district added, pointing to a legislation put in place to assist displaced youth obtain an training.

“Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra is a 24-year-old unlawful alien from Venezuela who has been posing as a youngster and attending Perrysburg Excessive Faculty in Ohio,” Homeland Safety Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin added in a press release. “ICE lodged a detainer to make sure that this legal unlawful alien is faraway from this group and now not capable of prey on the scholars of Perrysburg Excessive Faculty. It’s disturbing {that a} grown man would impersonate a youngster and infiltrate the lives of underage women and boys to idiot them into doing God is aware of what.”

He’ll subsequent seem in court docket on Could 29.