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Woman, 33, charged after attending middle school by impersonating 13-year-old daughter

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Published 16:04 24 Nov 2023 GMT

Woman, 33, charged after attending middle school by impersonating 13-year-old daughter

Texas mom Casey Garcia claimed she was trying to prove that the school's security was lacking

Rhianna Benson

Rhianna Benson

Back in 2021, a Texas mother believed she was proving a vital point about a lack in security when she turned up to her teen daughter's school impersonating her.

Hoping to compile a case proving that the educational facility needed to crack down on who has access to both the school and its students, Casey Garcia, from El Paso, went incognito.

Never did she expect, however, that her undercover project would blown up online and result in her facing criminal proceedings.

She dyed her hair, dressed in her 13-year-old daughter's clothes, and placed a Covid preventative face mask over her nose and mouth to disguise her identity.

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"Do I look like a seventh grader? 'No? Cool, awesome," Casey recorded herself telling viewers in footage which has since gone viral on social media.

The then 30-year-old mother was then seen walking through the hallways of the school, admitted she feels "really scared" about getting caught as she bumps into her 'fellow students'.

The undercover mom then attended a series of her daughter Julie's classes - including physical exercise, with one teacher even calling her by the youngster's name.

Casey dressed up as her daughter.
YouTube

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Casey's project continued until the final period of the day, when an eagle-eyed teacher finally clocked that she wasn't who she'd claimed to be.

The footage of her entire assessment of Garcia-Enriquez Middle School's security measures was published on YouTube.

"I didn't do this to ruffle any feathers," she later insisted.

"I didn't do this to out the school, because I was never going to say what school district or what school it was, they put that out there themselves."

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Casey went on to hit out: "We need better security at our schools, this is what I tried to prove, and I don't mean to be curt but I kind of feel like I proved it."

Casey was caught out by a suspecting teacher.
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She added that teachers were more concerned about her playing on her phone than the fact she was a fully-grown woman impersonating her teenage daughter.

The mother-of-one was arrested for criminal trespassing following her online stunt, as well as tampering with government records and an unrelated traffic violation, before later being released on a $7,808 bond.

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And since then, parents have wondered whether a now-33-year-old Casey could face further charges following her controversial project.

Casey was sentenced to six months of probation.
El Paso County Sheriff's Office

Well, this week, the Lone Star state mom has, in fact, been found guilty of criminal trespassing, and sentenced to six months of probation in El Paso County criminal court.

She also faces a $700 probated fine and is required to serve 100 hours of community service.

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Theresa Caballero - Casey's attorney - this week told press that she was relieved that her client was able to avoid serving jail time.

She added, however: "Clearly, trespassing on school grounds - and nobody was harmed by it - is less harmful than the harm you're trying to avoid, which is a school shooting."

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Casey Garcia / El Paso Sheriff’s Office

Topics: Crime, True crime, Parenting, Texas

Rhianna Benson
Rhianna Benson

Rhianna is an Entertainment Journalist at LADbible Group, working across LADbible, UNILAD and Tyla. She has a Masters in News Journalism from the University of Salford and a Masters in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh. She previously worked as a Celebrity Reporter for OK! and New Magazines, and as a TV Writer for Reach PLC.

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