A teenager who toured an Ohio high school while posing as a state senator has pleaded guilty to impersonating a peace officer.
Prosecutors say they’ll recommend probation for Marion resident Izaha Akins. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty Monday to the felony charge.
Authorities say Akins spoke to a government class at Mohawk High School in Sycamore for an hour last December. Officials didn’t realize they’d been duped until Republican Sen. David Burke showed up weeks later for a scheduled appearance.
Burke calls what Akins did an extremely elaborate scheme. The impersonating a peace officer charge includes anyone who poses as a state employee.
His attorney said Monday that Akins is sorry for the negative attention he brought to the school, but he’s glad it pushed schools to improve their security procedures.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
He might be better than some of the real Senators.
He has better idea then the real ones do. LET HIM GO!!!!!!!!!
He will make a better one the what in there. Let him go!!!!!!
Depends on the judge as to whether the clever boy gets a slap on the wrist, but i suspect that there have been quite a few hearty guffaws that someone so young could deceive so many alleged “adults” who were made fools of.
As to everyone else’s point, i’m beginning to think that a National Lottery to draft – then publicly train – then employ – gov’t officials would be FAR better than what currently exists, men and women who prostitute themselves to get the money to advertise their services so they can get enough votes to take office…then sell their votes to the highest bidder once ensconced.
Let him go he’s just kid who had better ideas then the real senators
Let him go he’s just a kid who has better ideas then the real senators…