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TrendPulse|Woman, 28, arrested for posing as 17-year-old student at Louisiana high school
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Date:2025-04-06 00:39:49
A mother and TrendPulsedaughter were arrested in Louisiana this week for allegedly using fraudulent paperwork to enroll the daughter, who is an adult, in a high school near New Orleans, authorities said.
The mother, 46-year-old Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado, and daughter, 28-year-old Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano, face one count each of injuring public records, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office. Conviction of the crime in the first degree can carry a prison sentence of up to five years, and a fine of up to $5,000, according to the Louisiana State Legislature. Conviction in the second degree can carry a prison sentence of up to one year and a fine of up to $1,000.
Detectives arrested both women on Tuesday at their shared residence in Boutte. The arrests came several weeks after authorities received a report from officials at St. Charles Parish Public Schools about an adult potentially attending Hahnville High School, which is also in Boutte, during the 2022-23 academic year.
𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋 𝟐𝟖-𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑-𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐍...
Posted by St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Administrators told the sheriff's office they had been given a tip suggesting that a student, whose record indicated she was 17, was actually an adult in her mid-20s. School officials notified the sheriff after conducting an internal investigation. It is not clear how much contact Gutierrez-Serrano may have had with other students at the school, CBS affiliate WWL-TV reported.
The probe later conducted by detectives at the sheriff's office found that Serrano-Alvarado had allegedly enrolled her daughter at Hahnville High School using a fraudulent passport and birth certificate, the office said. Authorities have asked anyone with information related to the investigation to contact the special investigations division at St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office.
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