Transgender Man Posed as 15-Year-Old Boy, Cops Say

Transgender 24-year-old Jack Jay Kaiser, who was born a woman and is in this Facebook photo, was...

Transgender 24-year-old Jack Jay Kaiser, who was born a woman and is in this Facebook photo, was arrested lying to state authorities when he tried to enroll in school as a 15-year-old. "However, the person who showed up here is now older and bigger," said Marion, Ill., District Superintendent Wade Hudgens. "She now has jet black hair and is about 5 feet 10 and weighs over 200 pounds. She was wearing the same ball cap as in this photo."

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But for now, the FBI will not comment further on the case and insists it is being handled as a local matter unless there is a federal violation involving exploitation of children.

The public defender assigned to Kaiser's case received the file Tuesday and was not available to discuss it with ABCNew.com.

Authorities said the incident began Oct. 9 when Kaiser -- calling himself Jack Stones -- and an older man identified as a professor from a local college attempted to enroll the youth as a high school freshman.

But school officials immediately became suspicious and kicked off safety protocols used in cases of noncustodial parents.

"An associate professor from a local university brought in a person who he passed off as a 15-year-old male," said Marion District Superintendent Wade Hudgens. "He had no forms, no birth certificate, Social Security number or anything. Our guidance counselors pay very close attention to these things to make sure people are who they say they are."

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The boy had indicated on the school forms that he was a female transitioning to a male, Hudgens said.

The counselor notified Hudgens, who said he decided to stall while they investigated the identity of Jack Stones, scheduling a placement test Monday at their alternative high school.

"While they did the testing, I was running Facebook and MySpace trying to find somebody under that name," he told ABCNews.com. There he found two aliases, both Kaiser and Stones, and more red flags went up, he said.

"When the counselors interviewed him, his responses were not typical of a 15-year-old," Hudgens said. "The person just snapped off answers that were fairly full of detail, almost like the answers were practiced. Usually, you get 'I don't know' or 'just because.'"

When asked, the pair gave school officials telephone numbers from where Kaiser had attended school in Sacramento, Calif., two or three years ago. The number was "no good," according to Hudgens.