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Title: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on January 30, 2009, 01:25:31 AM

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Dressing as a girl to take a high school Regents exam in place of another student landed a 17-year-old upstate New York boy in some serious detention. Deandre Ellis, 17, of Schenectady was arrested on a felony charge after the incident Tuesday. City school officials said a monitor verifying that each student was taking the proper exam suspected something was amiss when the name on the test and the person taking it didn't match.

District spokeswoman Karen Corona said a closer look revealed the test-taker was a boy masquerading as a girl.

Police said Ellis, who was released to probation authorities, was charged with burglary for entering the school to commit a crime. His public defender didn't immediately return a phone call or e-mail seeking comment.

Title: Re: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: JFC on January 30, 2009, 02:43:11 AM

Question is, did the kid to it because he thought the "girl's test" would be easier, or was he doing it for/in place of an actual girl who didn't want to take the test herself?

Title: Re: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: ~Dan~ on January 30, 2009, 03:08:33 AM

Quote from: JFC on January 30, 2009, 02:43:11 AM

Question is, did the kid to it because he thought the "girl's test" would be easier, or was he doing it for/in place of an actual girl who didn't want to take the test herself?

He was taking the test for someone else.  I found the story here. (http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Schenectady-teen-dresses-in-drag-to-take-Regents/_R5CFU6UHUqxJDnDyIVCbA.cspx)
It's a bit weird charging him with burglary, and a year in jail is way too much.

Title: Re: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: shadowstar on January 30, 2009, 05:41:24 AM

I can understand getting expelled for doing that, but jail? Yikes, that's definitely a bit too much.

Title: Re: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: BX_LeMans on January 30, 2009, 10:03:24 PM

Love makes you do stupid things sometimes :lol:

The charge is too high. This is worth a disciplinary thing not a thing for jail. Crazy americans. Black boy, no money --> jail.
Rich prominent white boy kills someone --> no jail. Not right!

Title: Re: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: StreakInTheSky on January 31, 2009, 01:31:32 AM

^ Yes.

But he hasn't been convicted, and that's just the maximum sentence I think, so we'll see what happens.

Title: Re: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: jhluva on February 06, 2009, 10:33:52 PM

A year in jail as a possible punishment? Waaay harsh... I hope it doesn't come to that.

Title: Re: NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test
Post by: Kreuz_Asakura on February 08, 2009, 08:39:44 PM

 :shocked holy! that's way too much... poor guy