24yr old illegal arrested for posing as 16yr old H.S student

[Hey Yo]

A 24-year-old Venezuelan man was arrested for pretending to be a 16-year-old high school student in Ohio, according to the City of Perrysburg Police.

Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra was arrested on Monday after he posed as a teenager in January 2024, police said.

According to a police report, Labrador had contacted Perrysburg Schools in November 2023, wanting to enroll as a student, claiming that "he had been homeless and was an immigrant from Venezuela."

He also told the school that he was a victim of human trafficking, police said.

When he met with the school to begin the enrollment process, Labrador presented a birth certificate from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela with a birthdate of Dec. 2, 2007, police said. At the time, he told the school he was staying at an address in Toledo, and he started as a student on Jan. 19, 2024.

Kathy and Brad Melfred, who had housed exchange students in the past and had adoptive children, were contacted about Labrador. The Melfreds agreed to assist Labrador and he began residing with them on March 21, 2024, police said.

The couple was granted permanent guardianship over Labrador through the Wood County Common Pleas Court Juvenile Division and they also assisted him in getting a social security number and an Ohio driver's license, police said.

Then on May 14, the Melfreds were contacted by a woman, Evelyn Camacho, who stated that Labrador was "actually a 24-year-old and he was the father of her child," police said. Camacho sent the Melfreds a picture of Labrador's driver's license with a birthdate of March 27, 2001, along with Facebook pictures of her with Labrador and a small child, police said.

Police said they reached out to the United States Border Patrol for assistance in the investigation, who advised that Labrador had an actual birthdate of March 27, 2001, an expired work visa and was considered "an overstay in this country."

On Monday at 4:15 p.m., Labrador was arrested after he was located riding in a vehicle on Interstate 75 and was booked on forgery charges, police said in a statement.

Labrador was also a member of the junior varsity soccer and swim teams at the high school, and the district has reported the situation to the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/24-year-ma...y?id=122004305

[rawimpact]

Not surprised. Took advantage of these people trying to help a child when he was an adult too coward to provide for his girl and child. Get him out of here.

[SouBeachTalents]

The idea of a 24 year old man playing on a JV team is pretty funny It'd be pretty embarrassing if he didn't dominate.

[Hey Yo]

The idea of a 24 year old man playing on a JV team is pretty funny It'd be pretty embarrassing if he didn't dominate.

I thought the same when I first read that part. Dude got greedy wanting to dominate 15-16yr olds

[tpols]

The idea of a 24 year old man playing on a JV team is pretty funny It'd be pretty embarrassing if he didn't dominate.

Funny movie.

[Meticode]

A few of my thoughts on this...

- If he was hiding from his baby mama and child how did she know to contact the exact family he was staying with? I'm curious how she would've known and went about that.

- Will he end up back in his country of origin since he's on an expired visa? Was this why he actually went into hiding?

- Dude needed to lay low, but instead of just blending in at the high school and being a nobody he choose to play for the junior varsity soccer and swim teams as a 24 year old.

[diamenz]

i feel bad for these people that are probably good people at heart dealt a bad deck of cards or had a string really bad luck but what can you say? the law is the law.

[diamenz]

Kathy and Brad Melfred, who had housed exchange students in the past and had adoptive children, were contacted about Labrador. The Melfreds agreed to assist Labrador and he began residing with them on March 21, 2024, police said.