Mom poses as her daughter to practice with cheerleaders

Wendy Brown, 33, was arrested for identity theft after police say she used her daughter's documentation to become a student at a local high school and practice with the cheerleading squad. Officials said the woman stopped attending school after the first day, prompting a truancy investigation that led to the discovery of her true identity. (Green Bay Press-Gazette)

Comments

[anais]

Was this a school for the blind? How could this woman possibly pass as a teenager?

[Justin]

This could only happen in Wisconsin.

[Sheila]

Pathetic, delusional twit.

[Zimbabalouie]

Drizzle drazzle droozle drone time for this one to go home. In this case home is where someone else keeps the keys to your lock.

Does Wisconsin have a cheer squad in their lock up? If not maybe she can form one.

[Bill]

This woman needs to grow up. ...Or at least assume the identiy of a grown up.

[OrlandoBloo]

"We find it not funny at all," said Lt. Jody Crocker of the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Department.

I thought it was.

[Phranqlin]

Wouldn't it have been simpler to just post a notice on Craigslist or Meetup about forming an adult cheering squad? I bet ex-cheerleaders would have come out of the woodwork.

[msgelter]

"She attended cheerleading practices and a party at the cheerleading coach's house. She was given a cheerleader locker and paid for her uniform with a check that later bounced."

HOLY CRAP! SHE MADE THE SQUAD?

THAT'S the scariest part of this story for me. How pathetic would it be for some girl who tried out for the squad, and DIDN'T MAKE IT because you lost out to this . . . thing . . .

By the way, if you need to "relive your childhood" because you think it was "denied you", MAYBE you should have thought of that before you became pregnant at age 16-17.

[Sean, Torrington]

It wasn't like she was messing with anything meaningful.

Just weird.

[badweather]

How incredibly scary! How could she have gone to the coach's house for a party and the coach not know something was up?
This reminds me of 21 Jump Street!

[merkin4]

Of course she made the squad. What's hotter than a cheerleader who can buy beer?

One year, my skool had 3 girls try out for 8 positions on the squad. The ballots still had "Vote for eight" above the three names.

Anyone hear about the school where they were puting on a production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" but nobody would try out to be a dwarf? So, they just had "Snow White". Heck, at my daughter's school this past May, they did "The Wizard of Oz" with eight Dorothies. Nobody wants their special little snowflake to be excluded.

[elchampino]

She only lasted a day. She probably remembered "oh yea, high school sucked the first time around."

[lynn]

I don't get wanting to relive the past--it happened and it helps shape the adult we become(for the good or the bad). any "reliving " now does not change the fact that in high school i was laughed at and never really understood by the wankettes of the popular groups. if anything, now i wished i had been even nicer to them...

if there are dreams you have of doing something you couldn't do as a teen--well, do it as you are now. then when you turn 80 you won't wish you had and never did...

i hope this all makes sense, i am still asleep and my sweet tea is not kicking in,,:)

[Charles Brobst]

They should let her play.
She's clearly not mature enough to be an adult.
Did she never hear of a health club?

[A. Teacher]

It would be awesome if this story inter-connected with one of the popular Obscure Store tropes, imagine this scenario...

Teacher busted for sex with student, then student busted because she stole her daughter's identity and is really in her 30s, teacher exonerated.

[G-Man]

Give Me an I!
Give Me an M!
Give Me a C!
Give Me an R!
Give Me an A!
Give Me a Z!
Give Me a Y!

What does that spell?!!? I'm Crazzzzyyyyyy!!!! Yay!!! Go Team!!! Wooooh!!

[culture]

This story would be worthy if she was hittable. Unfortunately, she has sharp knees.

RE-LIVING HER CHILDHOOD I GUESS.

On what planet would this woman pass for 15????

[Russ]

I can't believe it! A Mr Wizard reference. "Help Mister Wizard! Help Mister Wizard!"

And to quote the Banana Man, "Wow."

[wish i was dancing]

High school was fun... not that fun that I'd ever, and I mean EVER go back. College, now that is a differnt story.

[twerp]

why anybody would WANT to go back and relive high school is beyond me--of course I wasn't one of the cool kids....

[Russ]

This story made the Breaking News section at Fortean Times! That's like the Major Leagues for weird.

http://www.forteantimes.com/blogs/editorial-blogs/news/

[WellThen]

First let me just say...What the F***? She couldn't be responsible for her own daughter, who is in the grandmother's custody, but she will steal her identity. Waste of oxygen.

BTW, great writing here guys:

"According to the complaint, 'The defendant stated she wanted to get her high school degree and be a cheerleader because she had no childhood and was trying to regain a part of her life she missed.'

The woman told officers she wanted to get her high school diploma and become a cheerleader because she had no childhood."

I also heard somewhere that she said that she wanted to graduate from high school and find her lost childhood, but that could be a rumor.

[cherie]

Who hasn't said "If I could just go back to High School for ONE DAY!"

[kevy]

what a weirdo.

[thomas]

I think it was a ploy to size up and elliminate the competition on her daughters behalf.

[troschne]

I'm watching a piece on TODAY about this right now. She also assumed her landlord's ID and tried to forge checks. Two words--lunatic loser.

[Chris S.]

Wow, this is straight out of Twin Peaks! Wacky!