{"id":225637,"date":"2026-05-09T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225637\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:45:12","slug":"woman-28-allegedly-posed-as-nyc-high-school-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225637\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 28, Allegedly Posed as NYC High School Student"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 28-year-old woman is accused of impersonating a student at a New York City high school. Yes, just like the plot of Never Been Kissed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kacy Claassen has been charged with criminal impersonation and trespass, according to a complaint sent to Oxygen.com<\/a> by the Bronx District Attorney.<\/p>\n

Claassen pleaded not guilty, according to the New York Post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On April 13, Claassen allegedly enrolled at Westchester Square Academy as a 16-year-old student named Shamara Rashad, according to the complaint, while using a false birthdate of March 8, 2010. <\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An Empty School Hallway with lockers<\/p>\n

Her plan did not unravel until April 27 when principal Marques Rich viewed a screenshot of Claassen\u2019s Facebook page\u2014allegedly featuring her photo, real name and birthdate of July 29, 1997\u2014and learned her identity, according to the complaint.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Rich showed Claassen the screenshot, she allegedly responded with, \u201cI\u2019m not Shamara Rashad. I\u2019m not 16 years old,\u201d then disclosed her real name and birthday, according to the complaint.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI lied about my identity because my friend forced me to,\u201d Claassen allegedly told Rich, according to the complaint. \u201cShe was using me to receive more public assistance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rich later told police that Claassen did not have permission or authority to enter or remain inside the school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police allegedly recovered a student ID card with Claassen\u2019s photo and the name \u201cShamara Rashad\u201d from her backpack, per the complaint.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

An attorney for Claassen did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Oxygen.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Claassen is due back in court on June 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEnrollment fraud is a serious crime that fundamentally undermines New York City Public School values,\u201d according to a statement sent to Oxygen.com<\/a> from the Department of Education. \u201cThe NYPD is actively investigating these allegations and will pursue all appropriate legal action against those responsible. We are providing all necessary and suitable support to the school community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 28-year-old woman is accused of impersonating a student at a New York City high school. Yes, just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[87217,88735,9,24,56,63,65,64,88734,87216],"class_list":["post-225637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-kacy-claassen","tag-marques-rich","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-shamara-rashad","tag-westchester-square-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}