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Venezuelan man posing as teen in Ohio high school pleads guilty

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A 24-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela who allegedly posed as a 
teenager and enrolled in an Ohio high school pleaded guilty on Monday to 
lying on immigration forms and applications to purchase a firearm.

Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra is accused of using fraudulent documents 
to pose as a 16-year-old student and enroll in Perrysburg High School, the 
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio said in a news 
release on Tuesday. Prosecutors say he could face up to 30 years behind 
bars.

Labrador-Sierra submitted a false date of birth to U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services on federal applications for Temporary Protective 
Status and Employment Authorization Documents in 2024 and 2025, according 
to the indictment.

He also allegedly possessed a Taurus G3C 9mm semiautomatic pistol, which 
he was not allowed to have since he was in the U.S. illegally. The Justice 
Department alleges that Labrador-Sierra submitted false information to the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to purchase the 
firearm.

Perrysburg Schools said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital in May 
that Labrador-Sierra had been enrolled at Perrysburg High School under the 
name and age of a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor on Jan. 11, 2024, in 
accordance with federal and state requirements for enrolling students 
experiencing homelessness or without a legal guardian.

Between Jan. 11, 2024, and May 14, 2025, the school system said Labrador-
Sierra obtained documentation and support, further complicating the 
situation. 

Labrador-Sierra "worked with immigration attorneys to file for Temporary 
Protective Status, which was granted by the U.S. Immigration Service," the 
school system said. "This provided him with an Ohio driver’s license, a 
Social Security card, and a work permit."

The school also said that Labrador-Sierra had completed an application for 
a visa with help from Advocating Opportunities, which provides free legal 
assistance.

Labrador-Sierra had been a member of the junior varsity soccer and swim 
teams, according to school officials.

Labrador-Sierra had been living with a local family who believed they were 
helping a homeless teen after the Wood County Juvenile Court granted them 
guardianship. The guardians contacted the school on May 14 to report they 
had received information indicating Labrador-Sierra was not a minor, but 
rather a 24-year-old man.

Labrador Sierra reportedly denied the allegation when district 
administrators met with him on May 15. He was ultimately taken into 
custody during a traffic stop on Interstate 75 about a month later.

Labrador-Sierra pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an alien, 
making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm and using false 
documents.

Labrador-Sierra is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 23, 2026.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/venezuelan-man-posing-teen-ohio-high-school-
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