Police in Schenectady, NY arrested 17-year-old Deandre Ellis for burglary and unlawfully entering a school's premises and committing the act of forgery.
Why?
Deandre was dressed in drag so he can take the Regents exam for another student. The exam is crucial for students hoping to graduate and get into the best schools - pressure that officials said may have led one female student to enlist a friend to take the test for her.
City school officials said a monitor verifying that each student was taking the proper exam suspected something was amiss when the name on the test and the person taking it didn't match; officials knew the female student who was supposed to be taking the test and Deandre was not her.
He was arrested and arraigned. If convicted he could face one to seven years behind bars. As for the young woman who was supposed to be taking the Regents exam, school officials said they're still investigating.
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