{"id":1459656,"date":"2022-05-01T19:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T23:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459656"},"modified":"2022-05-01T19:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T23:59:40","slug":"tv-anchor-caught-on-video-allegedly-trying-to-meet-underage-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tv-anchor-caught-on-video-allegedly-trying-to-meet-underage-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Anchor Caught On Video Allegedly Trying To Meet Underage Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftv-anchor-caught-on-video-allegedly-trying-to-meet-underage-boy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1459656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1144027947.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A television anchor for an Upstate New York NBC affiliate was caught on video after allegedly driving three hours for a rendezvous with what he thought was a 15-year-old boy.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Wheeler, an anchor and the news director for WETM-TV in Elmira, was <a href=\"https:\/\/wellsvillesun.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/01\/wetm-news-anchor-on-leave-as-station-investigates-video-posted-to-607-predator-hunters-youtube-video\/\">reportedly placed on leave<\/a> after being trapped in a sting set up by a group called 607 Predator Hunters. On video released by the group, Wheeler is confronted in a department store where he was allegedly supposed to meet a teen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you guys do this to gay and lesbian people?\u201d he asks after offering an array of explanations that fall flat.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>607 Predator Hunters is one of several YouTube channels that lure alleged pedophiles to meet people who they believe to be underage children, then videotape them when they arrive at the agreed-upon location.<\/p>\n<p>In the video posted Saturday, the man identified as Wheeler is confronted in a sporting goods store, though the location is not given.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSunday evening around 5 p.m., Zach came to meet what he thought was a 15 year old boy,\u201d the narrator begins. \u201cShocked upon our team\u2019s arrival, we followed up with some questions to find out exactly what his intentions were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man identified as Wheeler, wearing an untucked pink Oxford shirt, shorts and sunglasses, is confronted by 607 Predators crew, and then agrees to step outside to talk, all the while denying he is there for nefarious reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not what the chat logs say,\u201d a crew member interjects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the kid was 18,\u201d Wheeler pleads. \u201cI wasn\u2019t looking to have sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wheeler then says he was working on a story about the dangers of online predators. When those attempts fall flat,\u00a0Wheeler accuses the crew of trying to \u201ccancel\u201d him and asks if they are here to \u201cruin people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The station posted a statement on its Facebook page which did not name Wheler but appeared to refer to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWETM has been made aware of a video posted to YouTube regarding one of our employees,\u201d the station said in the statement. \u201cThe local group that posted the video claims that the employee engaged in inappropriate behavior. WETM management is looking into the questions raised by the video, and the employee will remain off the air until the situation is resolved. No charges have been filed in connection with the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A television anchor for an Upstate New York NBC affiliate was caught on video after allegedly driving three hours for a rendezvous with what he thought was a 15-year-old boy.Zach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1481157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}