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| US sex offender 'posed as pupil' | US sex offender 'posed as pupil' |
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| A 29-year-old convicted sex offender has spent four months at a US school after successfully posing as a 12-year-old boy, officials say. | A 29-year-old convicted sex offender has spent four months at a US school after successfully posing as a 12-year-old boy, officials say. |
| They say Neil Rodreick shaved his body hair, covered his stubble with make-up and took a new name to attend Imagine Charter School in Phoenix, Arizona. | They say Neil Rodreick shaved his body hair, covered his stubble with make-up and took a new name to attend Imagine Charter School in Phoenix, Arizona. |
| The 173cm (5ft 6in) man was eventually expelled for poor attendance in 2006. | The 173cm (5ft 6in) man was eventually expelled for poor attendance in 2006. |
| He was arrested after trying to enrol at another school. He has since been charged with forgery and fraud. | He was arrested after trying to enrol at another school. He has since been charged with forgery and fraud. |
| Mr Rodreick spent seven years in jail after being convicted of lewdly propositioning a six-year-old boy in 1996. | Mr Rodreick spent seven years in jail after being convicted of lewdly propositioning a six-year-old boy in 1996. |
| 'Age-appropriate' | 'Age-appropriate' |
| Mr Rodreick adopted the name Casey Price to attend Imagine Charter School, investigators say. | Mr Rodreick adopted the name Casey Price to attend Imagine Charter School, investigators say. |
| We are just shocked Mindy Newlin, pupil's parent | We are just shocked Mindy Newlin, pupil's parent |
| They say he blended well with the other pupils, many of whom were actually taller and bigger than him. | They say he blended well with the other pupils, many of whom were actually taller and bigger than him. |
| He attended classes and always handed in his homework on time. | He attended classes and always handed in his homework on time. |
| "He absolutely looked age-appropriate," school spokeswoman Rhonda Cagle told the New York Times newspaper. | "He absolutely looked age-appropriate," school spokeswoman Rhonda Cagle told the New York Times newspaper. |
| "By all accounts from the teachers, he was fairly quiet and withdrawn," she said. | "By all accounts from the teachers, he was fairly quiet and withdrawn," she said. |
| Mindy Newlin, parent of one of the pupils at the school, said: "We are just shocked." | Mindy Newlin, parent of one of the pupils at the school, said: "We are just shocked." |
| Mr Rodreick even convinced two men who had been looking for boys on the internet to pretend to be his relatives. | Mr Rodreick even convinced two men who had been looking for boys on the internet to pretend to be his relatives. |
| He was caught earlier in January, after teachers at another school in Arizona - where he had gone for a day - became suspicious. | |
| In all, Mr Rodreick spent nearly two years disguised as a boy. | In all, Mr Rodreick spent nearly two years disguised as a boy. |