SHERMAN, Texas — A former high school assistant principal has been arrested and charged with federal child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Zachary Christian Neu, a 32-year-old from Richardson, Texas, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of enticement of a minor. Neu, who was an assistant principal at Wylie East High School at the time of the alleged offenses, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Aileen Durrett on June 17, 2026.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. The initiative aims to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet and to identify and rescue victims, according to the Department of Justice…