A 34-year-old woman posed as her 15-year-old daughter in a bid to go back to school and try out for the cheerleading squad.Wendy Brown turned up at Ashwaubenon High School in Wisconsin, U.S., for a day of classes - and was given her own cheerleading locker and even attended a pool party with other students. Her day of fun was only discovered after truancy officers wondered where their new 'pupil' had gone. . . .
Court documents revealed that Brown 'stated that she wanted to get her high school degree and be a cheerleader because she had no childhood and was trying to regain a part of her life she missed.' She attended school for one day last August after assuming the identity of her daughter while she was living with a relative out of state.
Her teachers reported the ‘student’ for truancy and the mother’s elaborate ruse to re-live the life of a teenager was eventually uncovered when she was found in a police cell, where she’d been charged over a separate forgery conviction. . . . Lieutenant Jody Crocker, an Ashwaubenon Public Safety officer, said: 'Ms Brown's criminal history says she's been involved in fraud and deceptive practices across the country for most of her adult life.
No kidding!
