A 29-year-old registered sex offender from Oregon faces felony charges in Minnesota after trying to enroll at Maple Grove High School as a homeless 17-year-old girl. Makayla Ray Craig used the name Molly Lennox Fox and cited a federal law that lets homeless students start school without full identification. School staff grew suspicious and called police on October 19. Officers arrested Craig the next day. He never completed enrollment or attended any classes. This was Craig’s second known attempt. In Oregon last year he received a short jail sentence for a similar enrollment try at another high school. He remains in jail on high bail.
Who: Makayla Ray Craig (also known as Alec Craig), a 29-year-old male from Oregon. He is a registered sex offender after a 2023 conviction involving sexual abuse of a minor and has been out of compliance with registration rules.
What: He attempted to enroll at Maple Grove High School by posing as a 17-year-old homeless girl named Molly Lennox Fox. He submitted false paperwork and cited the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Police charged him with multiple felony counts of aggravated forgery. He never completed enrollment or attended classes.
When: School staff notified police on October 19, 2026. Craig was arrested on October 20 in a public parking ramp. He was formally charged on October 22. His next court date is November 18.
Where: Maple Grove High School in Maple Grove, Minnesota (a Twin Cities suburb). The arrest took place in a nearby public parking ramp.
Why: Craig told police he wanted to attend high school in person “to get the full experience” after claiming he had never gone before and had found sobriety. This follows a nearly identical attempt in Oregon in late 2024, for which he was sentenced in April 2025 to 20 days in jail plus probation that barred him from schools with minors.