Guerdwich Montimere - The story of Haitian High School Basketball Star Jerry Joseph In West Texas

Guerdwich Montimere, the Haitian impostor who pretended to be 16 year-old high school basketball star Jerry Joseph

Why would a grown man want to go back to high school to pose as a teenage basketball star?

Better yet... pretending to be an illegal Immigrant from Haiti?

Also read: Guerdwich Montimere, the Haitian man who posed as High School student Jerry Joseph got 3 years in jail

WOW...

There is always a joke about Haitians coming to America with a "Ti Laj" but this is the complete opposite of the story you're used to.

This Haitian dude was ALREADY a Naturalized U.S. Citizen... He already graduated High school...

And suddenly, he decided to go to Texas and pose as a homeless illegal immigrant teenager from Haiti.

In February 2009, according to a news article, Montimere enrolled at Nimitz Junior High School as Jerry Joseph with only a Haitian birth certificate to prove his identity.

Students can be denied entry to school if they don't have immunization records, but Montimere said he was homeless, and the school district waived the requirements while ECISD counselors helped him get his shots.

So in 2009, Montimere AKA Jerry Joseph enrolled at Permian High School in Odessa Texas for the 2009-2010 academic year and became their 16-year-old high school basketball star and lead the Permian High School basketball team to the state playoffs.

Things were going well... How did he get caught?

In April 2010. at an amateur tournament in Little Rock, Arkansas, three Florida basketball coaches familiar with a former player named Guerdwich Montimere recognized him

Of course Montimere got arrested and charged with a felony, he could spend up to six months in jail if convicted or worse... Let us hope Mr. star basketball player did not decide to mess around with the cheerleaders at Odessa high...

Si se sa... l-ap peye sa tres cher...

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