30-year-old man poses as teen, joins high school basketball team

Posted Apr 21, 2016
Jonathon Nicola was making a significant impact on the hardwood for Catholic Central High School in Windsor, Ontario, that is until it was discovered he is 30 years old, not 17. Nicola, who fled warn-torn South Sudan last year, was arrested at the Canadian border last week. He is being held by the Canada Border Services Agency on charges of contravening the Immigration Refugee Protection Act. (Campus Rush)

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