A 28-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother arrested in Boutte, Louisiana, on Tuesday are accused of using fake documents to enroll the younger adult in a local high school as a 17-year-old.
Martha Gutierrez-Serrano and mother Marta Serrano-Alvarado have both been charged with injury to public records.
Ms. Gutierrez-Serrano is alleged to have attended Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana, for the 2022-2023 school year, although law enforcement did not specify her grade.
Police in the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office were not notified of the possible adult attendee by school officials until May 29. Hahnville High School seniors had their graduation on May 17, and the school year ended for other parish students on May 24.
Ms. Serrano-Alvarado is accused of using a fake passport and birth certificate in order to pass off Ms. Gutierrez-Serrano as 11 years younger than she actually is.
• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.
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