Woman Arrested For Posing As Student To Promote Instagram In School

A 28-year-old woman pretended to be a student to enter a Miami-Dade County school to garner followers on Instagram. She was later arrested.

The woman, Audrey Nicole Francisquini, was charged on Monday with burglary, educational institution interference, and resisting an officer, reported NBC News.

She managed to enter American Senior High School in Hialeah "by blending in with students," revealed her arrest report.

Miami-Dade police said that in order to look like a student, she carried a bookbag and dressed "similar to students, holding a skateboard, and carrying a painting."

At the school, she gave away pamphlets with her Instagram name on them and asked students to follow her. She was stopped by security after they spotted her roaming the halls while classes were on. She told the security that she was searching for the registration office. But she didn't go to the office and kept walking through the halls.

The report said that after she was asked to stop a second time by the security she ran away, following which security reported a "potential threat on campus."

Francisquini's Instagram page helped police to identify her. She was caught at her residence in North Miami Beach and taken to prison. According to online court records, she has been released.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, many people turned up outside Irondequoit Town Court to lend support to a father who claims he was unlawfully charged with trespassing at his son's East Ridge baseball game. Chad Hummel was held by Irondequoit Police earlier this month and charged with third-degree criminal trespass, said Irondequoit Police.

Chief Alan Laird said that he violated a school policy at a sporting event, 13WHAM reported. "Mr. Hummel chose to violate the school mask policy. He was asked to wear a mask. He refused. He was asked to leave the property. He refused. The police were called to assist. The police removed him from the school property," Dave Yates, East Irondequoit Central School District spokesman, said in a statement.

Defending his act, Hummel said that he chose not to wear a mask because he was outdoors and maintained social distancing. He faced the court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty. "I've heard dozens and dozens of times from individuals afraid to stand up. They're afraid of repercussions of the heavy handedness of our school districts, town halls, and police departments," he said.