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A 28-year-old female pretended to beryllium property 16 and enrolled astatine a Bronx precocious schoolhouse nether a mendacious personality earlier New York City constabulary jailed her recently, according to officials.
Kacy Claassen pleaded not blameworthy to charges of criminal impersonation successful nan 2nd grade arsenic good arsenic trespassing connected 28 April, nan time aft her arrest, Bronx tribunal records show.
The lawsuit against Claassen joined a bid of others successful nan US calling to mind nan land of movies specified arsenic 1987’s Hiding Out aliases 1999’s Never Been Kissed.
A criminal title first reported by Manhattan-based WABC and nan New York Post alleged that Claassen enrolled astatine Westchester Square academy connected 13 April while claiming her sanction was Shamara Rashad and that her day of commencement was successful 2010.
Claassen besides allegedly told Westchester Square’s main that she had conscionable moved from Ohio, but constabulary said her ruse fell isolated erstwhile nan schoolhouse head confronted her pinch a societal media page revealing her existent property and identity.
Investigators support that Claassen astatine that constituent confessed to what she had done, saying a friend made her dishonesty truthful that she could person much nationalist assistance.
Police arrested Claassen astatine nan school, and tribunal records indicated that she was later released without being required to station a enslaved pending nan result of nan lawsuit against her.
A nationalist defender listed for Claassen didn’t instantly respond to a petition for remark Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for New York City’s nationalist schoolhouse strategy issued a connection to WABC and nan Post saying “enrollment fraud is simply a superior crime that fundamentally undermines [the district’s] values”.
“[Police are] actively investigating these allegations and will prosecute each due ineligible action against those responsible,” nan connection continued. “We are providing each basal and suitable support to nan schoolhouse community.”
Claassen’s adjacent tribunal quality was tentatively scheduled for 15 June.
Her apprehension unfolded a small much than 50 miles (80km) from a New Jersey precocious schoolhouse wherever a female who was 29 astatine nan clip was arrested connected allegations of fraudulently enrolling arsenic a student.
Investigators successful that lawsuit – from January 2023 – alleged that Hyejeong Shin provided a clone commencement certificate aimed astatine convincing officials that she was eligible to enroll astatine New Brunswick high. Shin later reportedly enrolled successful a pre-trial programme for 3 years while besides being required to acquisition intelligence wellness testing and salary fines.
Four years earlier Shin’s arrest, a man successful his mid-20s was recovered to person gained admittance into Dallas’s Hillcrest precocious schoolhouse nether a mendacious sanction and past emerged arsenic nan champion subordinate connected his campus’s hoops team.
The man successful that case, Sidney Gilstrap-Portley, was yet sentenced to six years’ probation aft he pleaded blameworthy to records tampering and indecency pinch illicit intersexual interaction involving an underage girl, who was 14 and a Hillcrest precocious student, news media reports said.
