A grown woman seems to have been lying to people about her age for help and went as far as enrolling at an East Texas high school student.
Charity Anne Johnson, 31, was enrolled at New Life Christian School in Longview as a sophomore under her alias, Charity Stevens.
She been attending the school since October 2013. Staff at the school discovered her ID was fake and police arrested her Sunday night after she gave the officers a fake name and birthday.
A spokesperson for the school said Johnson was brought in to enroll with a person who was her guardian. She enrolled in the school, giving a date of birth that indicated she was 15.
Tamica Lincoln met Charity back in March and told her she was 15 and needed a place to stay. “I sympathized with her, and invited her into my home. I took her in as a child, did her hair, got her clothes and shoes…”
Johnson told Lincoln that she was abused by her biological father who has since passed away, along with her biological mother. Lincoln acted as Johnson’s guardian and even met with her 10th grade teachers at New Life Christian School.
“I just don’t know why she did it. Why put yourself and others at risk to do something like this?” she wonders. “I have deep concerns about her being who we don’t know she is, and then she’s out there at the school.”
Lincoln and another person found out that she had faked her identity they called the police and went straight to the school.
“Teachers were crying and students were crying, and her best friend just couldn’t believe it.”
Johnson posted a picture of Charity on Facebook, and asked if anyone knew her. The response is surprising.
“I’ve reached out to four different women off of Facebook that she has contacted. Florida, here in Longview, Minnesota.”
Johnson was arrested for failure to identify/giving false, fictitious information. She remains in the Gregg County Jail on $500 bond.
