Woman, 32, Who Posed As Student At Boston High Schools Faces More Charges: DA

Prosecutors have added more charges against a 32-year-old woman who police say posed as a student at multiple Boston high schools, authorities said.

Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester, one of three Boston high schools where officials say Hewitt enrolled as a student. — Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester, one of three Boston high schools where officials say Hewitt enrolled as a student.
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11/15/2023 12:21 p.m.

Shelby Hewitt was already facing seven counts of fraud, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. Prosecutors this week added nine more charges, including:

Three counts of forgery
Two counts of common law forgery
One count of uttering
Larceny over $1,200
ID theft
False claims to an employer

Hewitt, a former Department of Children and Families social worker, allegedly attended Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School, and English High School while posing as a teen foster child during the 2022-2023 school year, WCVB-TV reported.

Police arrested her in June.

Police began investigating Hewitt after a man posing as her foster parent tried to take her out of English High School because she said she was being bullied, the report said. She had been enrolled there for less than a week.

Hewitt pleaded not guilty to her initial charges in July, officials said.

She is set to appear in Suffolk Superior Court on Dec. 12 on the new charges.

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