Last Tuesday police in Perrysburg, Ohio made a traffic stop and arrested a Perrysburg High School student. The suspect was taken into custody and charged with felony forgery. There's nothing unusual about police exercising an arrest warrant or making a traffic stop, but things were not as they seemed.
The suspect, Anthony Labrador Sierra, was a twenty-four-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela.
Sierra had a forged birth certificate and had been posing as a sixteen-year-old. He has been a 'Student' at Perrysburg High School for the last year and a half and was a member of the junior varsity soccer and swim teams.
Venezuelan man, 24, accused of posing as student at Ohio high school | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/TrtdOsFcdt
— WTAE-TV Pittsburgh (@WTAE) May 22, 2025
Sierra enrolled at the school in January 2024. He claimed to be a homeless minor who had been trafficked into the country.
Anthony Labrador Sierra attended Perrysburg High School for over a year pretending to be a 16-year-old boy. Sierra enrolled at the school in January 2024 with a Venezuelan birth certificate showing he was 16 years old, claiming he was a homeless migrant who had been trafficked into the country, according to a Perrysburg Police Division incident report.
Police say he was a member of the school's JV soccer and swim teams after using fraudulent federal documents during the enrollment process.
The school district found Sierra a host family who would eventually gain guardianship of the faux minor. His new family helped him obtain temporary protected status (TPS), a social security number, and even a driver's license.
The host family was granted temporary and later permanent guardianship of Labrador Sierra in 2024, and they helped him with obtaining a social security number and driver’s license while he was in their custody, according to police.
He also used forged documents to obtain federal Temporary Protective Status (TPS) from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Perrysburg Schools said in a statement. Migrants under TPS humanitarian relief are protected from being removed from the country or detained based on their immigration status, and may obtain legal employment, according to the USCIS website.
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He had pulled off the scheme for a year and a half, but his ingenious ruse began to unravel when his host family was contacted by a woman claiming to be the mother of Sierra's children.
The pseudo-sophomore had been exposed.
The investigation began when a woman contacted his host family last week claiming Sierra was the father of her children. She sent them several photos: a driver’s license and social security card with Labrador Sierra’s name and a March 27, 2001, birth date; and several from Facebook showing her and Labrador Sierra, along with Labrador Sierra with a child.
The host family immediately alerted the school and police.
Administrators met with Labrador Sierra the following day and “he denied the allegation and asserted that the birth certificate submitted during enrollment - which indicates he is currently 17 years old - was accurate,” the school’s statement says.
Oddly enough, it was his 'Baby Mama,' the same woman who exposed his charade, who was driving the car when he was pulled over and arrested.
Fox News obtained police body cam footage of his arrest.
Horrifying. This illegal MAN “identified” as a teenager and attended an Ohio high school. He sat next to American children in class, played in their sports, and infiltrated their locker rooms.
— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) May 21, 2025
Make no mistake: Democrats opened our borders to this crime.pic.twitter.com/S7vOcfYqx5
It seems that he crossed the border illegally in 2019 and was granted TPS, a driver's license, a social security number, and a work visa under his full name, Anthony Labrador Sierra. When his work visa expired in 2023 he became what's known as a 'Visa Over Stay' which made him eligible for deportation.
Instead of getting a job to extend his work visa, he allegedly obtained a forged birth certificate under his middle name and assumed the identity of sixteen-year-old Labrador Sierra.
That leaves Sierra with two birth certificates, driver's licenses, and social security numbers. It also leaves him in big trouble with the law.
Labrador Sierra was arraigned Tuesday, court records show. He pleaded not guilty to a forgery charge, a fifth-degree felony. His bond was set at $50,000, and his next court date is scheduled for May 29.
He may soon be facing federal charges as well, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“Labrador is an illegal alien who overstayed his visa and has no legal status. U.S. Border Patrol placed an immigration detainer on him with the local police department,” a CBP spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. “Federal charges are being pursued.”
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement confirming Labrador Sierra is from Venezuela and calling his actions “disturbing.” McLaughlin said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, also lodged a detainer against him.
He was also charged with the illegal possession of a firearm.
Labrador Sierra now has new charges: "He was charged Friday for possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States, making false statements during the purchase of a firearm, and using false documents."https://t.co/F3C5jCN61E
— Illegal Alien Crimes (@ImmigrantCrimes) May 25, 2025
The disturbing chain of events that allowed a twenty-four-year-old man to pose as a sixteen-year-old boy to attend high school has exposed deep problems with the immigration system.
Unreal. Thanks to Joe Biden’s abuse of TPS, a 24 year old illegal alien was caught on a fake asylum claim pretending to be a teenager at a high school in Ohio.
— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) May 21, 2025
Today, I am calling for a full investigation into this scandal and what is being done to keep our children safe. pic.twitter.com/Q1QloHh9vH
Imagine my surprise when I found out he’s an illegal. This is why we need to enforce the existing laws. All of those kids at risk for well over a year.
— 𝙹𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚏𝚏 (@SmartassYinzer) May 22, 2025
There are likely THOUSANDS of unaccompanied “minors” just here in Western PA that were brought here by the Biden regime and…
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There are likely THOUSANDS of unaccompanied “minors” just here in Western PA that were brought here by the Biden regime and housed by local non-profits (a lot of them religious based). Identities of a lot of these folks and clearances for adults from these third world countries are hard to obtain due to the primitive nature of their systems. I guarantee there are HUNDREDS more in Western PA that are just like this criminal. Hiding in plain sight amongst our children.
It's a chilling thought. Is it possible Sierra is not the only one?
@SenateGOP @HouseGOP @WhiteHouse @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats how many more of them are pretending to be teenagers in our schools and will hurt our children???
— Hope Otto (@otto_hope) May 21, 2025
He's absolutely not the only one doing this
— Jen (@JenX_78) May 21, 2025
Couldn't touch him for a year & a half bc he was 1 of the protected class. Unbelievable it went on for so long.
— Scott Schultz (@ScottSc51621991) May 21, 2025
A twenty-four-year-old illegal alien attended high school for a year and a half posing as a teenage boy. He now faces several state felonies and pending federal charges, not to mention almost certain deportation.
It's not clear if he had accumulated enough credits to graduate.
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