Haitian High School Basketball Star Arrested In West Texas

True Story - In West Texas, a Haitian student who led his high school basketball team to the state playoffs last season was arrested this week. Turns out he is not Jerry Joseph, the 16-year-old high school basketball star everyone thinks he is. Instead, he was actually 22-year-old Guerdwich Montimere, a Haitian man who already graduated high school in Fort Lauderdale Florida.

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?

WOW...

Watch the video: Permian Student-athlete Identified As Imposter

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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.

haitianinternet.com/f165/guerdwich...This Haitian dude is ALREADY a Naturalized U.S. Citizen... He already graduated High school...

And suddenly, he decides 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 this year, 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 are going well... How did he get caught?

Last month. 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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