SPRINGFIELD A 25-year-old man with multiple outstanding warrants walked into Dayton High School in Springfield on Tuesday and tried to pass himself off as an incoming freshman, according to police.Carl Walden, a Union Township resident, walked into the school around 11 a.m., where he told workers his name was Jason Burns and said he was interested in enrolling, said Springfield detective Lt. Judd Levenson, a police spokesman. School officials were concerned, because the 6-foot-1, 265-pound man before them was clearly not a young teenager, police said. To avoid conflict, they handed Walden a packet of enrollment forms and told him to have his parents fill them out. Police were alerted to the situation, and they found Walden walking down Mountain Avenue shortly later, packet in hand, Levenson said. He was still wearing the Dayton visitor pass bearing the name Jason Burns. Detectives are continuing to investigate why Walden was at the school, and whether he has done this at other schools in the past, Levenson said. The subject did not have any weapons, but quick thinking by school officials in calmly ushering him outside where police detectives confronted him reduced any possible threat that may have been posed, said Springfield Police Chief John Cook. After police stopped Walden it was discovered that he had outstanding warrants from traffic tickets in Andover and Sparta, and he was arrested, police said. Walden was charged with criminal trespass, a fourth-degree felony, as well as disorderly conduct and harassment. He was remanded to the Union County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bail with no 10 percent option. An initial appearance in Union County Superior Court was set for Monday.
Why would you go for Freshman? Freshman high schoolers are still short. Go Junior or Senior. People used to do that back in the day since there wasn't much needed to get enrolled. People try to do it now, but they get caught.
Guess which basketball player from the picture below was lying about their age? Then read the article below.
Sewell’s transcript was allegedly submitted to the school by his wife, who posed as his mother so he would have a back story to explain why he was enrolling at the school.
Sewell never previously graduated from a high school, but he earned a GED. Somewhat ironically, he wore the number 22 for Ridgeway, identical to his age. He also set up a BeRecruited profile under his name portraying himself as an 18-year-old senior at Ridgeway.
It has not been confirmed whether Sewell registered with the school for the fall or winter term. Regardless, the fact that he had taken the court at all immediately made the entire Ridgeway squad ineligible for the state playoffs, just after the school had reached the regional final round of the tournament.
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