Adult Woman Arrested Trying To Enroll In School As Teen

CAIRO, NY — An upstate woman in her 30s faces charges after she was arrested for allegedly trying to enroll in a public school while pretending she was a teenager. The Greene County Sheriff's Office said Michaelann Goodrich, 32, of Cairo, was arrested Dec. 28 and charged with first-degree offering false instrument for filing and first-degree falsifying business records, felonies, and third-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor.

She was sent to the Greene County Jail on $5,000 bail or $10,000 bond.

The sheriff's office said Goodrich claimed she was 15 years of age and used the alias "Riley Madison" as she attempted to enroll in at least one local school district by pretending to be a homeless student.

The Cairo-Durham School District, in which police said Goodrich tried to enroll, followed appropriate procedures and contacted local authorities to investigate.

It's unknown at this time whether Goodrich made any other attempts to provide false records and enroll in other local schools or gain access to children, the sheriff's office said.

The Green County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the community and asks that anyone who may have information about or had contact with Goodrich to call the sheriff's office investigations unit at 518-943-3300.

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Photo caption: Michaelann Goodrich. Photo credit: Greene County Sheriff's Office.