A 28-year-old woman and her mother were arrested Tuesday on one count each of injuring public records after the police say the former was fraudulently enrolled at Hahnville High School.
Detectives with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested 46-year-old Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado and her daughter Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano. The two reside in the 200 block of South Kinler Street in Boutte.
A joint press conference with St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne and Public Schools Superintendent Ken Oertling to discuss the arrest has been scheduled for 3 p.m. today.
Monday, detectives were notified by St. Charles Parish Public Schools officials of a possible adult attending Hahnville High during the 2022-2023 school year. School Administration received a tip that a female student, who was on record as being 17 years old, was in fact an adult possibly in her mid 20’s.
School Administration began an internal investigation and later notified the Sheriff’s Office of their findings. Through investigation, detectives learned Gutierrez-Serrano’s mother, Serrano-Alvarado had enrolled her in school using a fraudulent passport and birth certificate, according to police.
Detectives applied for and were granted arrest warrants for Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado and Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano.
Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Amanda Pertius noted the police investigation was conducted with the full cooperation of the St. Charles Parish Public School System.
Anyone with information relating to this investigation is asked to contact Sergeant Allan Tabora with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division at (985) 783-6807, (985) 783-1159, or email atabora@stcharlessheriff.org.
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