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A 29-year-old New Jersey girl is going through fees over claims she used false authorities paperwork in a ploy to pose as a young person at a highschool, in accordance with police.
Hyejeong Shin was charged with one rely of offering a false authorities doc after she allegedly submitted a pretend beginning certificates to the New Brunswick Board of Schooling, the New Brunswick Police Division mentioned in a information launch Wednesday.
The police division mentioned that Shin offered a pretend beginning certificates with the intention of enrolling “as a juvenile high-school scholar.”
Shin doesn’t have an legal professional at the moment, in accordance with New Jersey Courts spokeswoman MaryAnn Spoto.
Police haven’t mentioned why Shin allegedly wished to enroll within the faculty. CNN affiliate News12 New Jersey reported that college students on the faculty mentioned Shin attended class for 4 days alongside different college students.
Each the police and faculty district mentioned that state regulation prohibits a scholar being prevented from attending faculty based mostly on lack of documentation or immigration standing.
Shin “gained provisional admittance” to the college final week, New Brunswick Public Colleges Superintendent Aubrey Johnson mentioned in an announcement to CNN.
New Brunswick Public Colleges employees members found the deception whereas finishing the established vetting protocols and “promptly barred her from getting into any district property,” in accordance with the assertion.
“As soon as our employees decided it was coping with fraudulent info, they instantly notified the suitable authorities,” mentioned Johnson. “The wellbeing of our college students, employees, and group are of utmost significance to us, and we’ll proceed working with the police division and our different companions in addressing this matter.”
Shin is anticipated to look in Middlesex County Superior Court docket for a listening to on February 16, in accordance with courtroom spokeswoman Meghan Carney-Vilela.