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TexasTowelie

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Tue May 15, 2018, 07:51 PM May 2018

25-year-old posed as Dallas ISD student to relive basketball glory at Hillcrest High, officials say

A 25-year-old man is facing charges after he reportedly posed as a Hurricane Harvey refugee and enrolled at Dallas ISD schools.

Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley was arrested Friday and booked into the Dallas County Jail, according to court records.

He faces a charge of tampering with government records. He has since posted bond and been released from jail.

Gilstrap-Portley had enrolled under the name Rashun Richardson in August at Skyline High School at a time when the district had opened its doors to hurricane evacuees. It was not immediately clear why he decided to enroll in the high school.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/05/15/25-year-old-man-arrested-after-posing-dallas-isd-high-schooler-officials-say

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25-year-old posed as Dallas ISD student to relive basketball glory at Hillcrest High, officials say (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2018 OP
returning to re-do high school by choice. ugh. Demovictory9 May 2018 #1

Demovictory9

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1. returning to re-do high school by choice. ugh.
Tue May 15, 2018, 08:00 PM
May 2018
The school learned that Gilstrap-Portley may not have been the student he said he was when a former coach from North Mesquite High School saw him playing basketball at the end of April at an AAU basketball tournament, Harris said.

At that point, the Mesquite coach alerted the Hillcrest coach to say that "one of my former players who graduated a time ago is playing for you," according to Harris.
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