Ethan Kwon (pictured), an 18-year-old high school student from Happy Valley, Oregon, was cited by cops after they discovered that the woman his parents caught breaking into their home on CCTV was actually his hired prostitute

A high school senior is facing the grounding of a lifetime - at home and possibly behind bars - after lying to police about a burglar who turned out to be his hired prostitute.

Ethan Kwon, 18, was cited with patronizing a prostitute and filing a false police report after police found out that his story about a woman caught breaking into the family's home in Happy Valley, Oregon didn't quite add up.

It all started Sunday afternoon, when Ethan's mother returned to their home off Mia Garden Drive to find $200 missing from a bedroom nightstand.

So she reviewed footage from a security camera she had installed on the front door, and noticed that a strange woman walked right in the front door earlier in the day, driving away eight minutes later in a Mercedes-Benz.

The woman's son Ethan, a student at nearby Clackamas High School, had been home at the time, but told his family and police that he was in his bedroom listening to music with his headphones on and didn't notice the woman.

The initial report of the break-in put the quiet neighborhood on edge, so much so that one neighbor, Donna Heard, told KATU that she had her husband install security cameras on Monday.

But by Tuesday, police were reporting a very different story.

Ethan's mom first called police on Sunday, after she found $200 missing from a nighstand and then saw that a strange woman had entered the home earlier in the day on security footage

The woman is seen entering the house and then leaving just eight minutes later. Her son first told police that he was in his bedroom listening to music and didn't see the woman

After further investigation, cops discovered that the woman who left the home in a Mercedes-Benz was actually a prostitute that Ethan hired

After further investigation, Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies discovered that the woman was no burglar at all - but a prostitute that Ethan had hired.

Ethan has since been cited with patronizing a prostitute and filing a false police report.

The story has similarities to the classic 1983 Tom Cruise comedy Risky Business, in which Cruise plays an 18-year-old senior from the North Shore of Chicago who hires a prostitute, played by Rebecca De Mornay, while his parents are away.

The decision leads to his parents' Porsche being stolen and a raucous chase in the coming-of-age movie, famed for Cruise dancing in his underwear to Old Time Rock and Roll in his empty home.

Striking similarities: Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay starred in 1983s Risky Business. Ethan Kwon's misadventure didn't play out as well

In the end De Mornay and Cruise actually become lovers, a situation unlikely to pan out for Ethan.

He has not been booked on the charges, so no mugshot has been released, but Daily Mail Online obtained a photo of Ethan from his school school yearbook.

The sheriff's office says they are sending the case to the District Attorney's office, which may decide to pursue further charges against Ethan.