Pint-sized Nebraska predator Zachary Scheich, 27, sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting students while posing as high school classmate

A pint-sized 27-year-old sicko who posed as a teenager and sexually assaulted high school students sat stonefaced in a Nebraska courtroom when he learned he would spend the rest of his life behind bars for his sex crimes.

For 54 days in 2023, Zachary Scheich “blended in with other students” when he pretended to be 17-year-old “Zak Hess” and attended classes at Southeast High School in Lincoln, Neb. where he committed the vile predatory attacks.

Scheich was sentenced on Wednesday to 85 to 120 years in prison for the felonies he faced including two counts of child enticement with electronic communication device, two counts of first-degree sexual assault/forcible touching, and an attempt of class two felony.

He originally faced nine felony charges, but were reduced as part of a plea deal in July.

The pedophile is eligible for parole in 41 years. Judge Darla Ideus gave Scheich credit for 419 days served.

“They knew not to speak with an adult male on social media. They knew not to meet an adult male by themselves, they knew how to defend themselves against that kind of danger,” Ideus said during the sentencing, KOLN reported.

“They did not know how to protect themselves against you. Because again, they thought you were their peer. Their friend. And because you gained their trust.”

Scheich devised a plan to enroll in the high school where he created a fraudulent birth certificate, immunization records and an “elaborate backstory,” according to the outlet.

He sought the help of his accomplice, 23-year-old Angela Navarro, to pose as his mother as he enrolled into Lincoln Northwest High School before transferring to Southeast where he asked for “pornographic material” from female student.

Between February and March 2023, Scheich sent sexually explicit messages to both a 13 and 14-year-old student.

He also tried to get the 13-year-old to meet up with him for sex, and even sent her money encouraging her to send nude pictures to him, KETV reported, citing an arrest affidavit.

Scheich was arrested on July 20, 2023 at a local library after police received a tip of an alleged impersonator posing as “Zak Hess” who had contacted female students by phone or computers.

The 5-foot-4, 120-pound monster, who graduated from Southeast High in 2015, reportedly cost the Lincoln Public Schools $6,000.

The district faced questions about how a man in his mid-20s managed to enroll in the first place following last year’s arrest.

Schools security chief Joe Wright said the minimum requirements for enrolling in a public high school are a birth certificate, immunization records and transcripts.

At the sentencing, Deputy County Attorney Amber Scholte described Scheich as “the worst kind of predator.”

“He targeted, groomed and lured them via social media,” Scholte said. “He did so under the guise of being their peer, their friend, and in some cases, their boyfriend. And he did so for his own sexual purpose and gratification.”

Navarro, who has acted under the pseudonym Danielle Hess, was arrested and charged with criminal impersonation.

She pleaded not guilty to the charge in April and was released from jail on a $450 bail.