A 24-year-old Venezuelan male was apprehended for acting to be a 16-year-old secondary school pupil in Ohio, according to the City of Perrysburg Authorities.
Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra was apprehended on Monday after he impersonated a young adult in January 2024, authorities stated.
According to a cops record, Labrador had actually gotten in touch with Perrysburg Schools in November 2023, wishing to sign up as a trainee, declaring that “he had actually been homeless and was an immigrant from Venezuela.”
Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra, 24, was apprehended after impersonating a secondary school pupil in Ohio, according to the City of Perrysburg Authorities.
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He additionally informed the institution that he was a sufferer of human trafficking, authorities stated.
When he consulted with the institution to start the registration procedure, Labrador offered a birth certification from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela with a birthdate of Dec. 2, 2007, authorities stated. At the time, he informed the institution he was remaining at an address in Toledo, and he began as a trainee on Jan. 19, 2024.
Kathy and Brad Melfred, that had actually housed exchange pupils in the past and had adoptive youngsters, were gotten in touch with concerning Labrador. The Melfreds accepted aid Labrador and he started staying with them on March 21, 2024, authorities stated.
The pair was provided long-term guardianship over Labrador with the Timber Area Common Pleas Court Juvenile Department and they additionally helped him in obtaining a social safety number and an Ohio motorist’s permit, authorities stated.
After That on May 14, the Melfreds were gotten in touch with by a female, Evelyn Camacho, that mentioned that Labrador was “really a 24-year-old and he was the daddy of her kid,” authorities stated. Camacho sent out the Melfreds an image of Labrador’s motorist’s permit with a birthdate of March 27, 2001, together with Facebook images of her with Labrador and a toddler, authorities stated.
Authorities stated they connected to the USA Boundary Patrol for support in the examination, that recommended that Labrador had a real birthdate of March 27, 2001, a ran out job visa and was thought about “an overstay in this nation.”
Authorities stated his job visa ran out the very same year he connected to Perrysburg Schools to sign up.
On Monday at 4:15 p.m., Labrador was apprehended after he lay riding in a car on Interstate 75 and was reserved on bogus costs, authorities stated in a declaration.
Labrador was additionally a participant of the jr university football and swim groups at the secondary school, and the area has actually reported the circumstance to the Ohio Secondary School Athletic Organization.
The suspect stays captive at the Timber Area Prison and his following court day is set up for May 29, according to prison documents. It is uncertain if Labrador has a lawyer that can talk on his part.
