NY Boy Masquerades as Girl to cheat on test

[THUNDERDUCK]

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.

[JFC]

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?

[~Dan~]

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.
It's a bit weird charging him with burglary, and a year in jail is way too much.

[shadowstar]

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

[BX_LeMans]

Love makes you do stupid things sometimes

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!

[StreakInTheSky]

^ Yes.

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

[jhluva]

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

[Kreuz_Asakura]

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