US man, 26, who posed as teen scholar and went to highschool for 54 days faces sexual assault expenses

A 26-year-old man who posed as a highschool scholar within the US has been charged with sexual assault.

Police mentioned Zachary Scheich claimed to be 17 and enrolled at Northwest High School in Lincoln, Nebraska underneath the alias Zak Hess.

He later transferred to Southeast High School, attending 54 days of courses in complete, officers added.

According to police, Scheich seems to have blended in with different college students – regardless of the actual fact he had really graduated in 2015.

Officers had launched a fraud investigation in the beginning of June, and he was arrested with out incident on Thursday afternoon.

He faces two counts of sexual assault utilizing an digital system.

Scheich has additionally been charged with intercourse trafficking of a minor.

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Detectives are interviewing extra potential victims and making an attempt to find out the scope of the case.

Students who had interactions with Scheich, or imagine they could be a sufferer, have been inspired to come back ahead.

Lincoln Public Schools is now going through questions on how a person in his mid-20s was in a position to enrol within the first place.

Students are required to offer a delivery certificates, vaccination information and previous examination grades once they register – however Scheich has been accused of falsifying these paperwork.

“I’ve been in the district for 10 years, and this is the first time that I can remember something like this happening,” Lincoln Public Schools’ director of safety, Joe Wright, advised native media.