On July 27, 2026, Aaron White was arrested in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, and charged with exchanging sexually explicit text messages, videos, and pictures with a teenage boy who was already a victim of a sex-trafficking and sextortion operation allegedly run by Zachariah Meyers, an 18-year-old who served as senior class president at Peters Township High School. Meyers was arrested in February 2026 and charged with over 300 felonies, including sex trafficking and possessing child pornography, after operating a large-scale catfishing and sextortion scheme involving more than 20 underage victims. The arrest of White represents continued enforcement in a case that has sent ripples through the Peters Township community.
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