Meanwhile, Thomas Moffitt was acquitted because his attorney successfully convinced the jury that since Moffitt did not enter the house and was "trying to leave", he had not committed a crime. While Eddie's interview with Chris Hansen remains unaired, Perverted Justice conducted a sting operation at Laguna Beach in February 2006. 5'11 Still, the show was a cultural phenomenon and undeniably captivating television. He was eager to meet that day, saying he couldn't stop thinking about being with her. Finally, the Bowling Green, Kentucky sting was conducted in October 2007 and resulted in the arrests of seven men over four days. Maybe expect PredatorCon to come to a city near you, complete with people cosplaying as their favorite registered sex offender from the shows. Wiles, Asfour and Mohammed Abdallah would later abscond,[41][42][43] with Wiles being re-arrested in November 2009,[44] only to die in 2010 before his trial because he refused to take his medications. They don't care/want to be that way, they just are. When she mentioned she had problems finding friends online, Eddie remarked that most men online were looking for sex and wouldn't talk to herdue of her age. Male. Member. There's a legal concept called mens rea: the mental intention to commit a crime. He was found guilty of one felony count of Using A Computer System Or Network To Solicit Or Obtain Sex With A Minor. World DA refuses to prosecute 'Catch a Predator' cases A Texas district attorney is refusing to prosecute any of the men caught by Dateline NBC's show "To Catch a Predator," saying many of the. Among them include Todd Lewis, a registered sex offender previously convicted of sexually abusing a young girl he met online; and Kazuo Akutsu, who ended up passing out and crashing into a bar counter in the sting house. In June 2007, he pleaded guilty in military court to false official statement, attempting to communicate indecent language to a minor, and online solicitation of a minor. I criticized their MO in the comments section on the article online and found myself branded a pedo (as a seventeen year old girl). You've hit it out of the park once again. Im really really uncomfortable with vigilante groups in general, especially the whole YouTube thing thats blown up in the last few years. The Kickstarter promised mugs, T-shirts, and other assorted merch to backers. Nineteen-year-old Nicolas Bailey also showed up and ended up being convicted. He once more feared being caught and taken into custody. Press J to jump to the feed. On "To Catch a Predator", if the predator parked and filmed himself say "I am not going to go through with this or commit any crimes and know this is a police setup" prior to entering the home, would that get him out of legal trouble in court? Welcome Guest. This was the first sting to feature direct police involvement, and thus saw the arrests of 50 men. Now, why don't you take a He is most well known for being the first ever pizza predator, years before Jeff Sokol was ever caught. The MOMENT I saw him walk up in the trench coat I could just smell the Cheeto breath. [19] All men who showed up were convicted, and thus their chatlogs are accessible on the Perverted Justice website. This program would follow the typical TCAP formula of men coming over to a sting house thinking they were going to meet a minor for sex only to be met by Chris Hansen and then arrested by law enforcement right afterwards. This poll has expired or has been locked. I went along for a few of them. But when he asked the girl if she had short shorts and told her to dress as a Britney Spears, his worry vanished. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The chatlogs of Wilusz and Gosselin would later be found and reuploaded as part of a Google Drive file, but Moffitt's remains missing. Charlie Brooker, creator of the television show Black Mirror, wrote a scathing article attacking TCAP for alleged entrapment and the questionable nature of airing these men on national television when they haven't been convicted of a crime at the time. Chris launched a website for his Hansen vs. Furthermore, trusting people with your children due to their statuses in the community is very dangerous. [11] However, the chatlogs of Kurt Lemke, Chris Moore and Thomas Bodnar remain inaccessible to this day. The most interesting subreddit about things you're not interested in, Press J to jump to the feed. Eddie lied about his age this time, claiming to be 23. Gender Handen apparently said hed give it to friends in the FBI and then it actually just sat around his producers apartment or something. [3] Nevertheless, all chatlogs from Bethpage and Fairfax are accessible through Web Archive, while because most predators were ultimately convicted in the other stings, their chatlogs are still accessible on the Perverted Justice website to the present day. Chris also just this Monday announced upcoming live shows in Las Vegas where he promises to record a podcast with the audience, show some never before seen footage, do a Q&A, and have some meet and greets. Sting 1 New York Ryan Hogan - Fireman Sting 2 Fairfax, Va David Kaye - Rabbi John Kenelly - Naked dude I feel bad for pedophiles pretty much across the board. Article continues below advertisement The Fort Myers, Florida sting was conducted in April 2006. [52] Also included were highlights of the Highland Heights sting Dateline NBC was not involved with, with a segment on Jim Rauch, a University of Cincinnati faculty member whose police interrogation and phone conversation with the decoy became famous among the TCAP community.[53]. Needless to say, it's apparent Chris has a bad handle on his financial situation. Probably because the sting house is an empty double-wide trailer with a visible GoPro camera mounted on the fridge that Chris has to pick up off the floor and put back on top at one point. Joey would also upload Edward Hollingsworth V's chatlog on October 14th, 2021. Be the first one to write a review. TCAP had become the most expensive Dateline segment by far, and that NBC was sitting on so much extra footage of unaired material that they could cut it into Predator Raw episodes and rerun those for big ratings on the cheap. Web Archive showcasing several uncut Ohio interviews that currently cannot be accessed. The decoy people were pretty much just as insane as the predators. However the Booty Warrior reveals that he has no lust for little kids - he is interested in Chris Hansen himself. Numerous opinion essays and thought pieces were written about this new cultural behemoth ranging from high praise to harsh criticism to everything in-between. Today we are going over Times People Were DISRESPECTFUL On TCAP! Greenville, OH, Fort Myers, FL, and Fortson, GA (6 men). Among notable predators who featured in the Riverside, sting includes Walter Babst, a high school teacher; Daniel Allen, who was previously convicted of spousal abuse; Joseph Federico, who was previously convicted of manslaughter; and a few who were already registered sex offenders, including Robert Lyons, Jean Pierre Wehry, Gregory Karnos, and Thomas Bodnar.[9]. Biography 21-year-old William Hare, a lifeguard and camp counselor who worked with children, first contacted a Perverted Justice decoy posing as a fourteen-year-old girl in a New Jersey MySpace chat room. We really need to get a hold of some news outlets to set up a sting on Chris Hansen. Just like a serial killer or a drug addict or a hoarder. They would "confront" the predator in a private Yahoo or AOL chat. In reality, the "minors" were adult decoys from the online watchdog group Perverted Justice, who would establish online profiles of underage individuals that would wait for adults to initiate a conversation with them. Aliases Physical description . [1] Upon receiving contact with a potential predator, the chatlogs are recorded, where most chats will swiftly turn towards meeting up for sex. Biographical information Ive had an interest for some time now in the unaired predators from each episode, and Ive seen some other members on here ask questions about some of these guys as well. But I could almost see (with a different hair style) them being the samelike the #2 pic was something he sent to the decoys, and the #1 pic was him "on the day" at the sting house. Most notably from the Chris Hansen meme of him telling people to "take a seat". [51] Among them included Lorne Armstrong, who had a 407-page chatlog and showed up on his birthday; Travis Fowler, a registered sex offender convicted in 1995 for sexually abusing an underage teen; and Dustin McPhetridge, a sufferer of cerebral palsy who was previously caught chatting inappropriately online with teenage girls and of whom possessed many indecent images of children. Web Archive showcasing a blocked MSNBC page containing TCAP Riverside footage, including one for John Mahon, which is inaccessible currently. In the event that I get replies to any of these lists asking "hold on, where's predator x?", my criteria for an "unaired" predator are as follows: . May 2006. 43-year-old Dennis Thomas started an online chat with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a 13-year-old girl. To Catch a Predator proved to be a monumental hit for NBC, quickly becoming Dateline's most viewed recurring segment and leading to a spin-off show, Predator Raw, as well as countless reruns and marathons on MSNBC. Season 2 contains all the bonus episodes and updates. Affiliation /Occupation [3] Eddie was subsequently deported from the United States back to Hong Kong.[4]. I'm thinking it too, but to be real it's hard to get empathy from Chris Hansen and Chris really felt sorry for the guy even saying he has no glee by getting him arrested. Originally titled Dangerous Web, the show was about the simple concept of setting up dates online for sex with men who thought they were illegally meeting a minor, when in reality these minors were adults posing as children in 2000s chatrooms on places like AOL and Yahoo. He immediately requested to meet her. Christopher Edward Hansen (born September 13, 1959) [2] is an American television journalist and YouTube personality. I know this trust fund baby that is/was an absolute horrible human being. Just here to say that I would love more on the perverted justice group as well. To Catch a Predator (also abbreviated to TCAP) is a hidden camera investigation series broadcast on the TV news program Dateline NBC from 2004-2007. Additionally, some uncut interviews and police interrogations would be uploaded to MSNBC, and eventually be re-uploaded to YouTube. So, I figured Id set up these reference threads and create a place for speculation and discussion about these guys. None of these captured the ratings or attention of the original, however, and after GE sold NBC reruns of TCAP and Predator Raw on MSNBC started to cease as upper management began to change. It was absolutely hilarious. In addition to the predators who were featured in the main televised broadcast, some uncut interviews of unfeatured men were published on MSNBC. The horrible tale of the 'To Catch a Predator' suicide There were few more riveting true-crime TV shows than the reality series To Catch a Predator on Dateline. He was pronounced dead from his self inflicted gunshot wound shortly after. After they meet in the assigned locale, the partners must find and/or produce potable water, food, shelter, and clothing within the . William Hare is an unaired suspected predator confronted in the Ocean County, New Jersey edition of To Catch a Predator. Predator. Never heard of them until this thread. The premise involved host Chris Hansen confronting adult men arriving at a stinghouse with the intent to have sex with underage teens, following an often-graphic online conversation with the child. What does absconded mean? [4] In June 2008, he was arrested again for violating his his sex offender registration requirements. www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=va_breitling, web.archive.org/web/20061020235542/http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=sweet_richmond_guy, web.archive.org/web/20061021003716/http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=imagine_me7, web.archive.org/web/20061020234804/http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=nofreeknclue, web.archive.org/web/20061021001521/http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=zoso23117, web.archive.org/web/20060506075407/http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=danikulu, web.archive.org/web/20061021002042/http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=vamillionaire, web.archive.org/web/20061027195046/http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=kc4545_2000, www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=photofrog1962, www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=jacob_Cason2003. Eddie expressed concern after she suggested her grandmother would call the police, saying that he didn't want them to locate his marijuana plants. He did, however, say that he would be very happy to have sex with her. Subsequently,Eddie offered to take the decoy in when she stated she wanted to move out of her grandmother's house. Affiliation /Occupation Christopher Edward Hansen is a TV journalist and the host of To Catch a Predator, a segment of the Dateline NBC news program, in which he helps capture pedophiles in sting operations. As before, all chatlogs were immediately posted on the Perverted Justice website and can be accessed through Web Archive links. William was sentenced tolifetime probation for his offenses, along with a lifetime registration as a sex offender with all the associated restrictions.[1][2]. Over three days, 24 men between the ages of 21 to 61 were arrested. The warrants for Condrat's arrest and for the search of his home were signed at 2 P.M., but neighbors say Dateline and police were loitering in the area hours before since the early morning, seemingly waiting for the warrants to be signed. This page was last edited on 17 November 2022, at 21:58. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Be the first one to, Dateline To Catch A Predator 7 Petaluma, California 1 X 264, DatelineToCatchAPredator7PetalumaCalifornia1X264, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). 21-year-old William Hare, a lifeguard and camp counselor who worked with children, first contacted a Perverted Justice decoy posing as a fourteen-year-old girl in a New Jersey MySpace chat room. There's more that can be added to this section, honestly. Hansen promised backers would receive their awards by December of 2015 but no one had gotten anything by August of 2016. The sting was filmed in Fairfax County, Connecticut, leading to the arrest of ten men. The first two investigations were done without law enforcement and so the men would simply leave the house afterwards, though Perverted Justice would give the evidence they collected to law enforcement after the investigation leading to the prosecution of some of these men, most notably Rabbi David Kaye who has been in and out of prison ever since. William Hare This suicide became national news, and a flurry of criticism was thrown at Dateline and Chris Hansen. Predator (partially lost chatlogs, uncut interviews and police interrogations; 2015). Parents, children, and members of society in general need to be aware of the red flags that are depicted here. 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