Illegal Venezuelan Dad, 24, Posed As OH High Schooler - Tricked Family Into Taking Him In

[Sugar Cookie]

An adult Venezuelan migrant and father allegedly pretended to be a 16-year-old boy so he could enroll in an Ohio high school — and even played two sports with kids nearly a decade younger, according to police.

Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra is accused of falsely presenting himself as an unaccompanied minor and enrolling at Perrysburg High School, southwest of Toledo, in January last year — and tricking a family into taking him in, according to police.

When he first contacted the school in November 2023, he allegedly claimed that he had been trafficked to the US from Venezuela and said his birthday was Dec. 2, 2007, according to police documents seen by 13 ABC.

However, he is allegedly a 24-year-old Venezuelan national who has children living in the US, according to prosecutors.

He told school officials his name was Anthony Labrador, according to a letter sent from Perrysburg Schools Superintendent Thomas Hosler to parents and community members.

Sierra was enrolled at the school for 14 months before school officials contacted the Perrysburg Police Division on Monday regarding possible fraudulent activity involving one of their students, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

Cops opened a fraud case and assigned it to the Detective Bureau for investigation.

“Through our investigation and working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it was discovered that Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra, a 24-year-old from Venezuela, had used fraudulent documents to enroll in Perrysburg Schools, and was posing as a 17-year-old high school student,” the statement read.

Sierra lived with a Perrysburg family after his guardianship was granted by the Wood County Juvenile Court, according to Hosler.

The family became suspicious about Sierra’s real age and contacted the school, saying they had received information that he was, in fact, a 24-year-old man, Hosler’s letter read.

On May 14, the mother of Sierra’s child allegedly reached out to his oblivious guardians and claimed he was 24 years old, sending them photos and documents, including an Ohio driver’s license under his real name with a birthday of March 27, 2001, according to police documents.

Sierra denied the allegations when he was confronted by school officials, referencing his birth certificate, which would have made him 17 as of May 14.

But the school district told Sierra’s guardians to keep him off school property while they investigated.

Sierra smirked at the camera as he appeared in Perrysburg Municipal Court on Tuesday afternoon via video from the Wood County Jail, where he was listed as Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra.

When asked where he would live if released, he said he would stay with a woman named Emily with whom he said he shares children.

His alleged scam was uncovered after school district leaders discovered social media posts by people claiming to be Sierra’s real family, WTOL 11 reported.

He allegedly applied for and received various documentation while he was enrolled at the school, including a driver’s license, a Social Security number and federal Temporary Protective Status from the US Immigration Department, according to court records.

Sierra also allegedly completed a visa application with the help of Advocating Opportunities, a group that provides free legal assistance.

As a non-US citizen, Sierra’s charges may lead to deportation, prosecutors said.

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Venezuelan migrant dad, 24, posed as Ohio high schooler, student athlete — and tricked family into taking him in: cops

Sierra was involved in the school’s JV swimming and soccer teams with students nearly a decade younger, an official said.

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[Freyja]

God knows how many kids he sexually abused while he was attending school there! This case gives me the heebee jeebees big time! They should start talking to his fellow students right about now!

 

[BuffettGirl]

But, but, but... Asylum!

How many more cases like this are there out there? Where we've fully been taken advantage of and lied to by these people that only want to live in 'peace and freedom'?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A 24-year-old dad from Venezuela was busted for posing as an Ohio high school student is an illegal migrant — and ICE is moving to detain him, the feds revealed Wednesday.

Anthony E. Labrador-Sierra was hit with an ICE detainer “remove him from the community” after he claimed to be 16 and enrolled at a high school near Toledo last January, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Labrador-Sierra has been charged with forgery for using fake documents to dupe school administrators.

Labrador-Sierra remains in the United States for now, but a local judge set his bond at $50,000 and forbade him from leaving Wood County, Ohio.

When asked where he would live if released, he said he would stay with his baby mamma, whom he identified as Emily.

When he first contacted the school in November 2023, he allegedly claimed that he had been trafficked to the US from Venezuela and said his birthday was Dec. 2, 2007, according to police documents seen by 13 ABC.

ICE to detain illegal migrant who posed as high school-aged teen — despite being 24-year-old Venezuelan dad

A 24-year-old dad from Venezuela was busted for posing as an Ohio high school student is an illegal migrant — and ICE is moving to detain him, the feds revealed Wednesday. Anthony E. Labrador-Sierr…

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Baby mama Emily needs to be arrested until she can prove she did not know what he was doing.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A 24-year-old Venezuelan man residing unlawfully in Perrysburg, Ohio, who was enrolled as a student at a local high school, has been sentenced for lying on immigration forms and on applications to purchase a firearm.

Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Knepp after pleading guilty in September to the following charges in an indictment:

• Possession of a Firearm by an Alien Unlawfully in the United States
• Making a False Statement During the Purchase of a Firearm
• Making or Using False Writings or Documents.

He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. Labrador-Sierra is subject to a detainer from the United States Border Patrol and will be taken into administrative immigration custody following the completion of his sentence. Judge Knepp imposed the sentence Jan. 23.

According to the indictment, the defendant 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.

In the original criminal complaint and underlying affidavit filed in May 2025, investigators learned that Perrysburg Schools made a report to local police that they received information indicating that Labrador-Sierra was posing as a student attending Perrysburg High School. Upon further investigation, agents found that he was not a minor but was instead a 24-year-old man who had enrolled under false pretenses.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/venezuelan-man-posing-high-school-teen-sentenced-prison

He could be in the wind in 3 years he should be picked up now and deported.

If they don't already do this his D.N.A should be taken and he should be told in no uncertain terms if he comes back he will do a full twenty years in prison and will be deported again.