Overview
- After his ex-fiancée called the home where he was living, his guardians alerted the school and police, who searched his room and found a burner phone, a fake ID, a semiautomatic pistol, and three loaded 9mm magazines.
- The Venezuelan national enrolled in January 2024 using a birth certificate and claimed to be a homeless trafficking victim, according to a police report.
- He lived with Kathy and Brad Mefferd, who later obtained guardianship, and he blended into the high school community for more than a year.
- He has pleaded guilty to lying on immigration forms and on a firearm purchase application, has been transferred to ICE custody, and faces federal sentencing on January 23, 2026.
- Perrysburg Schools said it followed federal enrollment law for unaccompanied minors, as residents and a state lawmaker urged stronger biometric checks by federal authorities.