Grown Man Arrested for Trying to Enroll as Freshman at NJ High School

He wasn't trying to go undercover.

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A fully-developed adult male caused a bit of a stir at a New Jersey high school after trying to enroll as a freshman. Employees at Springfield, N.J.'s Dayton High School were understandably concerned when a 6'1," 265-pound man who was so obviously out of his awkward teen years entered the school—identifying himself as "Jason Burns"—and inquired about enrolling. 

To smooth things over, employees played along, giving the man an enrollment packet for his "parents to sign." Police were alerted shortly after, and Springfield detective Lt. Judd Levenson told the Star-Ledger that the man was identified as 25-year-old Carl Walden and arrested for oustanding warrants stemming from traffic tickets, criminal trespass, harassment and disorderly conduct. 

[via Star-Ledger]

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