An 18-year-old Ohio man was charged with impersonating a peace officer and telecommunications fraud after posing as a state senator and giving a speech to a high school class, authorities said Saturday.
Izaha Akins, of Marion, visited Mohawk High School in December and claimed to be a lawmaker who was going to replace another senator who was planning on resigning due to an illness. Akins told the school he was second in line for the appointment after the first choice declined, according to The Toledo Blade. He also gave a speech to students.
School officials realized they were duped weeks later after Sen. David Burke, of Marysville, showed up to speak weeks later, as scheduled. Burke told the Associated Press in an email Friday that when he learned about the hoax, he and the high school immediately began working with police.
Akins told The Toledo Blade he wanted to make a point about school security in small communities.
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to teach him a lesson, he should be made to run for office.
ReplyDeleteProbably did a better job than a career politician.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the big deal, we got an Muslim Foreigner pretending to be President.
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