May 22, 2025 • 6 mins
A 24-year-old man from Venezuela was apprehended for masquerading as a 16-year-old high school student in Ohio, as reported by the Perrysburg Police Department.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Nicole Parton. A twenty four year old man from
Venezuela was arrested for masquerading as a sixteen year old
high school student in Ohio. This as reported by the
Perrysburg Police Department. Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra was taken into
custody on Monday after he allegedly assumed the identity of
a teenager since January twenty twenty four. According to the
(00:27):
police report, Labrador reached out to Perrysburg Schools in November
twenty twenty three, expressing his desire to enroll as a
student and claiming he was a homeless immigrant from Venezuela.
He also asserted that he was a victim of human trafficking.
During the enrollment meeting, Labrador presented a Venezuelan birth certificate
(00:47):
indicating a birth date of December two, two thousand and seven.
He claimed to be residing at an address in Toledo
and officially started attending school in January twenty twenty four.
And Brad Melford, a couple experienced in hosting exchange students
and with adoptive children, were contacted to support Labrador. They
(01:08):
welcomed him into their home. On March twenty one, twenty
twenty four, the Melfords were granted permanent guardianship over Labrador
by the Wood County Common Police Court, and they assisted
him in obtaining a social Security number and an Ohio
driver's license. However, in May, on May fourteen, the Melfords
received a call from a woman named Evelyn Camacho, who
(01:30):
revealed that Labrador was actually twenty four years old and
the father of her child. She provided the Melfords with
a photo of Labrador's driver's license indicating a birth date
of March twenty one, two thousand and one, along with
Facebook images of herself with him and their baby. Subsequently,
police contacted the United States Border Patrol for assistance with
(01:52):
the investigation, which confirmed that Labrador's actual birth date was
indeed March twenty seven, two thousand and one, and that
he had an expired work visa, rendering him quote an
overstate in the country. Officials noted that his work visa
had expired in the same year that he attempted to
enroll in the Perrysburg School, So it's my understatement or.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Not associate the United States.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
He's ever Yeah, he is.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
As you say that not an American citizen. He is
from Venezuela. He is in the country illegally. He is
a twenty four year old posing as a seventeen year
old and has falsified numerous documents in order to show
that he is seventeen rather than being actually twenty four
years old. He falsified documents in order to enroll in
(02:39):
Pearisburg High School to take advantage of a Pereisburg family's
generosity by attainted guardianship over him.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
On Monday, around four pm, police arrested Labrador while he
was driving on I seventy five, charging him with forgery.
Labrador was also involved in a junior varsity soccer and
swim team at the high school, and the district has
reported the incident to the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
He is currently held at the Wood County Jail with
(03:07):
a court appearance set for May twenty nine. It remains
unclear whether Labrador has legal representation at this moment. More
crime and justice news after this and it may be
a little early for this one, but here's the news.
A former middle school teacher from Virginia has been accused
(03:29):
of sexually abusing her dog, resulting in her dismissal from
her position and the potential loss of her right to
own pets permanently. Chanelle Renee Lincoln, forty three, attended a
preliminary hearing on charges of animal sexual abuse at the
Henrico County General District Court on May twenty This, as
(03:50):
noted by court documents, allegations surfaced when Lincoln's principal at
Pocahontas Middle School in Short Pump, received a quote suspicious
video involving her employee on October two, twenty twenty four.
According to court documents referenced by WRIIC, a detective from
the Henrico Police Department conducted interviews with staff and examined
(04:13):
the video, which reportedly showed Lincoln quote engaging in sexual
acts with a small dog. Following this discovery, Lincoln resigned
from her teaching position in October of twenty twenty four,
having been employed by the school since early twenty nineteen.
During later police interviews, Lincoln acknowledged that she and her
(04:33):
three year old Yorky terrier Milo were featured in the video. However,
she allegedly insisted that quote even though it appears she
was the one who created this media. She was never
participating in any sexual acts of any kind with any animal.
According to court documents, Lincoln claimed to police that she
was experiencing conflict with another woman who allegedly threatened to
(04:57):
share explicit videos of her with her boss. She indicated
that this unnamed woman had previously sent her explicit videos.
As detailed in court documents. The detective reported that, based
on quote his experience in training, there was no evidence
suggesting that the videos had been altered with editing software.
(05:17):
Lincoln was released, but a judge has since ordered her
to refrain from any interaction with animals while the case
is pending. She is scheduled to return to court in July.
It found guilty, Lincoln faces a ban of pet ownership
and a minimum fine of fifty thousand dollars. This in
accordance with Virginia law.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed
twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,
that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed
door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what
happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of Justice
(06:02):
For an in depth look at the facts. See what
Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
For the latest crime injustice news, follow Crime Alert hourly
update on your favorite podcasting app with this crime Alert.
I'm Nicole Parton.
Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm Nicole Parton. A twenty four year old man from
Venezuela was arrested for masquerading as a sixteen year old
high school student in Ohio. This as reported by the
Perrysburg Police Department. Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra was taken into
custody on Monday after he allegedly assumed the identity of
a teenager since January twenty twenty four. According to the
(00:27):
police report, Labrador reached out to Perrysburg Schools in November
twenty twenty three, expressing his desire to enroll as a
student and claiming he was a homeless immigrant from Venezuela.
He also asserted that he was a victim of human trafficking.
During the enrollment meeting, Labrador presented a Venezuelan birth certificate
(00:47):
indicating a birth date of December two, two thousand and seven.
He claimed to be residing at an address in Toledo
and officially started attending school in January twenty twenty four.
And Brad Melford, a couple experienced in hosting exchange students
and with adoptive children, were contacted to support Labrador. They
(01:08):
welcomed him into their home. On March twenty one, twenty
twenty four, the Melfords were granted permanent guardianship over Labrador
by the Wood County Common Police Court, and they assisted
him in obtaining a social Security number and an Ohio
driver's license. However, in May, on May fourteen, the Melfords
received a call from a woman named Evelyn Camacho, who
(01:30):
revealed that Labrador was actually twenty four years old and
the father of her child. She provided the Melfords with
a photo of Labrador's driver's license indicating a birth date
of March twenty one, two thousand and one, along with
Facebook images of herself with him and their baby. Subsequently,
police contacted the United States Border Patrol for assistance with
(01:52):
the investigation, which confirmed that Labrador's actual birth date was
indeed March twenty seven, two thousand and one, and that
he had an expired work visa, rendering him quote an
overstate in the country. Officials noted that his work visa
had expired in the same year that he attempted to
enroll in the Perrysburg School, So it's my understatement or.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Not associate the United States.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
He's ever Yeah, he is.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
As you say that not an American citizen. He is
from Venezuela. He is in the country illegally. He is
a twenty four year old posing as a seventeen year
old and has falsified numerous documents in order to show
that he is seventeen rather than being actually twenty four
years old. He falsified documents in order to enroll in
(02:39):
Pearisburg High School to take advantage of a Pereisburg family's
generosity by attainted guardianship over him.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
On Monday, around four pm, police arrested Labrador while he
was driving on I seventy five, charging him with forgery.
Labrador was also involved in a junior varsity soccer and
swim team at the high school, and the district has
reported the incident to the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
He is currently held at the Wood County Jail with
(03:07):
a court appearance set for May twenty nine. It remains
unclear whether Labrador has legal representation at this moment. More
crime and justice news after this and it may be
a little early for this one, but here's the news.
A former middle school teacher from Virginia has been accused
(03:29):
of sexually abusing her dog, resulting in her dismissal from
her position and the potential loss of her right to
own pets permanently. Chanelle Renee Lincoln, forty three, attended a
preliminary hearing on charges of animal sexual abuse at the
Henrico County General District Court on May twenty This, as
(03:50):
noted by court documents, allegations surfaced when Lincoln's principal at
Pocahontas Middle School in Short Pump, received a quote suspicious
video involving her employee on October two, twenty twenty four.
According to court documents referenced by WRIIC, a detective from
the Henrico Police Department conducted interviews with staff and examined
(04:13):
the video, which reportedly showed Lincoln quote engaging in sexual
acts with a small dog. Following this discovery, Lincoln resigned
from her teaching position in October of twenty twenty four,
having been employed by the school since early twenty nineteen.
During later police interviews, Lincoln acknowledged that she and her
(04:33):
three year old Yorky terrier Milo were featured in the video. However,
she allegedly insisted that quote even though it appears she
was the one who created this media. She was never
participating in any sexual acts of any kind with any animal.
According to court documents, Lincoln claimed to police that she
was experiencing conflict with another woman who allegedly threatened to
(04:57):
share explicit videos of her with her boss. She indicated
that this unnamed woman had previously sent her explicit videos.
As detailed in court documents. The detective reported that, based
on quote his experience in training, there was no evidence
suggesting that the videos had been altered with editing software.
(05:17):
Lincoln was released, but a judge has since ordered her
to refrain from any interaction with animals while the case
is pending. She is scheduled to return to court in July.
It found guilty, Lincoln faces a ban of pet ownership
and a minimum fine of fifty thousand dollars. This in
accordance with Virginia law.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed
twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,
that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed
door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what
happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of Justice
(06:02):
For an in depth look at the facts. See what
Happened to Ellen on Amazon. All proceeds to the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
For the latest crime injustice news, follow Crime Alert hourly
update on your favorite podcasting app with this crime Alert.
I'm Nicole Parton.
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