Charges filed on March 12 in Marshall County Superior Court I against Rigoberto Calix-Reyes included a Forgery charge that stems from a birth certificate presented to Plymouth High School in August, 2014.
Court documents say one birth certificate lists his birthday as June 3, 1993 while a second document discovered in the residence where Reyes was living listed his birth date as June 6, 1996.
Reyes was enrolled as a student at PHS. Plymouth Superintendent Daniel Tyree said, “All the enrollment procedures were followed perfectly.” He said when Reyes enrolled two years ago, he was required to show two forms of identification and they indicted he was 16 years old. The superintendent said, “If students who are older want to enroll, we place them in our adult education programs.” Tyree also commented “When a student comes from another school, we call or email the previous school for records, but it is often hard to get them from Honduras.”
Reportedly, Reyes and the 14 year old runaway were secretly corresponding using computers provided by the schools. Tyree said, “They were using a program called “ZenMate.” ZenMate is an internet security cover-up program. According to ZenMate advertising, using it allows the user to encrypt data and secure a connection. Tyree said they immediately reported the use of ZenMate to the school corporation’s Technology Department. He said the technology staff can reimage every computer in the school corporation without having to physically have the computer in hand. “The problem with technology is as soon as you get one program fixed, someone finds a way to get around it.” Tyree said. The superintendent said they have already had to block a similar Google program.
Carol Anders Correspondent
