Quirky World ... Class duplicity as teen pretends to be senator

USA: A teenager posing as a state senator toured a high school and spoke to a class, and school officials didn’t realise they were fooled until weeks later, authorities in Ohio said.

Mohawk Local School District officials said Izaha Akins, of Marion, Ohio, visited the high school in December and claimed to be a lawmaker replacing another senator. They realised they’d been duped when Republican Senator David Burke, of Marysville, showed up to speak weeks later, as scheduled.

Burke said in an email that when he learned about the hoax, he and the school immediately began working with law enforcement. He said, “This was an extremely elaborate scheme and not as simple as walking through the door.”