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02-26-2016, 09:53 AM
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Asher Potts was finishing a stellar high school run.He was in the National Honor Society and was a member of his school’s ROTC and had, at least at one point, achieved a 4.16 grade-point average, Pennsylvania state Rep. Patty Kim (https://twitter.com/RepPattyKim/status/472459801155629056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) once noted in a tweet.
“He was the perfect role model, someone you would want your son to look up to,” Marcel McCaskill, who knew Potts through a math and science program, told the Associated Press (http://bigstory.ap.org/1664abd6231a483ca3253fc3bb2da5fe).
Potts was on track to graduate from Harrisburg’s John Harris High School this spring. But it all came crashing down this week.
Eighteen-year-old Asher Potts, it turns out, was actually 23-year-old Artur Samarin, a Ukrainian national. He was arrested on Tuesday on charges of identity theft, tampering with public records and theft by unlawful taking.
Harrisburg Bureau of Police Capt. Gabriel Olivera said authorities would confirm little beyond the most basic facts of Samarin’s case — at least until an official inquiry is finished, which may happen as soon as Friday.
“We’re still finishing up some of the things regarding our investigation,” Olivera said Thursday.
Samarin overstayed his visa and then obtained a Social Security card and other U.S. documents using his false identity, according to police. He enrolled in high school in the fall of 2012.
When he was arrested on Tuesday, Samarin was carrying a driver’s license with Potts’s name.
Police first received a tip about Samarin about two months ago, Sgt. Terry Wealand told the Associated Press. He lived with friends and police are investigating whether he had help in faking his identity.
“I would think there would have to be someone who knew,” Wealand said. “And if there is, they are going to pay, too.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-impressive-american-high-schooler-who-turned-out-to-be-a-23-year-old-ukrainian-man/ar-BBq2x49?ocid=spartandhp
Asher Potts was finishing a stellar high school run.He was in the National Honor Society and was a member of his school’s ROTC and had, at least at one point, achieved a 4.16 grade-point average, Pennsylvania state Rep. Patty Kim (https://twitter.com/RepPattyKim/status/472459801155629056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) once noted in a tweet.
“He was the perfect role model, someone you would want your son to look up to,” Marcel McCaskill, who knew Potts through a math and science program, told the Associated Press (http://bigstory.ap.org/1664abd6231a483ca3253fc3bb2da5fe).
Potts was on track to graduate from Harrisburg’s John Harris High School this spring. But it all came crashing down this week.
Eighteen-year-old Asher Potts, it turns out, was actually 23-year-old Artur Samarin, a Ukrainian national. He was arrested on Tuesday on charges of identity theft, tampering with public records and theft by unlawful taking.
Harrisburg Bureau of Police Capt. Gabriel Olivera said authorities would confirm little beyond the most basic facts of Samarin’s case — at least until an official inquiry is finished, which may happen as soon as Friday.
“We’re still finishing up some of the things regarding our investigation,” Olivera said Thursday.
Samarin overstayed his visa and then obtained a Social Security card and other U.S. documents using his false identity, according to police. He enrolled in high school in the fall of 2012.
When he was arrested on Tuesday, Samarin was carrying a driver’s license with Potts’s name.
Police first received a tip about Samarin about two months ago, Sgt. Terry Wealand told the Associated Press. He lived with friends and police are investigating whether he had help in faking his identity.
“I would think there would have to be someone who knew,” Wealand said. “And if there is, they are going to pay, too.”
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-impressive-american-high-schooler-who-turned-out-to-be-a-23-year-old-ukrainian-man/ar-BBq2x49?ocid=spartandhp