Lady, 29, arrested after enrolling at New Jersey highschool posing as scholar, officers say

A 29-year-old lady was arrested final week after spending 4 days fraudulently enrolled in a New Jersey highschool as a scholar, district officers stated. 

The lady, recognized by New Brunswick Police as Hyejeong Shin, of New Brunswick, was charged with one depend of offering a false authorities doc with the intent to confirm one’s id or age.

Police stated she confirmed a false start certificates “with the intent to enroll as a juvenile high-school scholar.”

New Brunswick Public Faculty District Superintendent Aubrey Johnson stated Tuesday throughout a Board of Training assembly that Shin had attended New Brunswick Excessive Faculty for a number of days earlier than she was caught.

“Final week by submitting some false paperwork, an grownup feminine posing as a scholar was in a position to be enrolled in our highschool,” Johnson stated, in accordance with video of the meeting shared on Twitter by reporter Charlie Kratovil of New Brunswick In the present day.

Throughout her days at school, Shin spent loads of time with steering counselors who have been looking for out extra details about her, Johnson stated.

In the end, workers members on the college “uncovered this lady’s ruse and enabled us to handle this example promptly,” he stated.  

“All acceptable authorities have been instantly notified and the person in query was arrested for offering false documentation,” he stated, noting she was barred from district property.

Johnson stated the college has warned college students to chorus from having any additional contact with the lady, in particular person and remotely. 

He stated the district will check out their enrollment course of to higher establish false documentation. 

“That is an unlucky occasion. Communication has been supplied to the mother and father of people that the younger girl might have come into contact with and communication has been supplied to all highschool mother and father in the present day,” Johnson stated.

He stated there is a police investigation underway into the incident.

Police stated that in accordance with New Jersey statues, colleges are required to “instantly enroll unaccompanied kids, even within the absence of data usually required for enrollment.” However a district can request such paperwork afterward to confirm the scholar’s age.

NBC Information has reached out to the college district for remark. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Workplace stated it’s not investigating the incident.