Woman, 28, impersonated student at NYC high school for 2 weeks before arrest

NEW YORK (AP) — A 28-year-old woman impersonated a student at a New York City high school for two weeks until educators became suspicious and police arrested her, according to a criminal complaint.

Kacy Claassen enrolled at the Westchester Square Academy in the Bronx on April 13, claiming she was a 16-year-old girl named Shamara Rashad, according to the complaint prepared by a city police officer.

But the school principal found her Facebook page and learned her real name and age, police said. When the principal confronted her, she maintained that she was Rashad and had come to New York from Ohio with her sister, according to the complaint…

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