Lincoln woman fined $2,000 for helping predator pose as high schooler

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A Lincoln woman was sentenced Thursday for helping a man enroll in high school, where he preyed on female students.

Judge Holly Parsley ordered Angela Navarro, 24, to pay a total of $2,000 in fines.

Navarro was initially facing a felony charge, but under a plea deal, she was convicted of misdemeanor criminal impersonation and misdemeanor child abuse.

The maximum sentence would have been two years in jail and a $2,000 fine.

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In the 2022-23 school year, Navarro posed as the mother of then-26-year-old Zachary Scheich as he enrolled in high school in Lincoln Public Schools.

She is four years younger than Scheich.

Police said Scheich used a fake name, Zak Hess, and provided the district with a fraudulent birth certificate and immunization records.

He got into Northwest High School, then transferred to Southeast High School.

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While pretending to be their classmate, he sent sexual messages to female students and ultimately committed multiple sex crimes, according to court documents.

Scheich was convicted of two counts of first-degree sexual assault and three other felonies.

He was sentenced in September to 85 to 120 years in prison.

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