A Nebraska man who posed as a high schooler for two months to sexually abuse teenagers was sentenced on Wednesday to serve the rest of his life in prison, KOLN reported.
Zachary Scheich, a 27-year-old who stands at five feet, four inches tall and weighs just 120 pounds, according to Nebraska station KLKN, pretended to be a 17-year-old student at Southeast High School and Lincoln Southeast High School named “Zak Hess” for 54 days in 2023.
Scheich, who graduated from Southeast in 2015, was arrested in July 2023 after authorities found out he was attending classes at the public schools and engaged in inappropriate relationships with minor students.
Investigators said he requested “pornographic material” and sex from a 13-year-old girl and sent explicit messages to a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old student.
“He targeted, groomed and lured them via social media,” Deputy County Attorney Amber Scholte said during his…
