The Kickstarter promised mugs, T-shirts, and other assorted merch to backers. Just here to say that I would love more on the perverted justice group as well. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. venom8518 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]. However the Booty Warrior reveals that he has no lust for little kids - he is interested in Chris Hansen himself. He then asked the decoyto pose in her bikini for him. On March 3, 2006, a motion for bail review was made. William was sentenced tolifetime probation for his offenses, along with a lifetime registration as a sex offender with all the associated restrictions.[1][2]. 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. Which might work in other situations but when you come over to possibly have sex with a 12 year old theres no justifying of playing victim card, you're a predator whichever way you cut it. Some media critics and journalists criticized TCAP for being so sensationalized and being more entertainment than news. [3] He was sentenced to three years in prison. Hansen bounced around for a couple years, doing a few projects here and there, and then in 2015 he had a big announcement. No uncut Hansen interviews nor full police interrogations have ever resurfaced online. Hosted by Chris Hansen, To Catch a Predator is a series that recurred on the TV news magazine Dateline NBC. 43-year-old Dennis Thomas started an online chat with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a 13-year-old girl. [1] Upon receiving contact with a potential predator, the chatlogs are recorded, where most chats will swiftly turn towards meeting up for sex. He kept asking her what she wanted to do because he wanted her to declare that she would take the initiative. Teen mental health counselor (formerly) He tried to start his own businesses and failed (miserably) having to file for bankruptcy multiple times. Member. The Long Beach, California sting was conducted in September 2006 and saw 38 men arrested. 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. It was absolutely hilarious. He urged the decoy to have oral sex with him and compared it to licking a lollipop. Needless to say, it's apparent Chris has a bad handle on his financial situation. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. I know this trust fund baby that is/was an absolute horrible human being. Things started to really unravel for Dateline during a sting in Murphy, Texas. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Over three days, 24 men between the ages of 21 to 61 were arrested. Before scheduling a meeting, the two continue their conversation for a few more days. Oh man I really need to find out more about this Craig Traylor dude. This time around a new watchdog group would play the online decoys as Perverted Justice had dissolved years earlier (and trust me, I really could do a whole other write-up just on them). Condrat's sister sued NBC for $105 million claiming their actions were journalistically unethical and led to her brother's suicide. Parents, children, and members of society in general need to be aware of the red flags that are depicted here. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The eight unaired Long Beach predators who can be seen in footage during the episode are: LUCIANO DIMAS. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Sting 1 New York Ryan Hogan - Fireman Sting 2 Fairfax, Va David Kaye - Rabbi John Kenelly - Naked dude As the sexual talk continued for days, Thomas said she would be his "special girlfriend" and would have to keep it a secret. William Hare is an unaired suspected predator confronted in the Ocean County, New Jersey edition of To Catch a Predator. Web Archive of MSNBC, which provided uncut TCAP interviews for Riverside and Ohio. To Catch a Predator was an American news expos series that featured hidden camera investigations by the television newsmagazine program Dateline NBC. 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. Later, Thomas voiced concern, saying that he didn't want his wife or son to learn about it and that he would be upset if had a teenagedaughter thatmet up with an adult grown man. The Fairfax, Virginia sting was conducted in November 2005. Thomas was later arrested in the fall of 2005. The chatlogs were already enough to incriminate most predators, which depending on the state, could see them be charged with a misdemeanour or a felony. In all, 48 were convicted, with William Lawrence Havey having been found not guilty,[10] and Charles Harding having died in jail as a result of not taking his medication. Then, he revealed his age as 28. [27] Among them included Cody Green, who later faced additional charges for indecently exposing himself to an eight-year-old girl at a swimming pool;[28] and Rolando Restocruz, an Iraqi war veteran. Chris Hansen was notably parodied in the opening segment of The Boondocks episode "A Date with the Booty Warrior", in which he was voiced by Jim Meskimen. Great write-up! To Catch a Predator (or TCAP for short) was a recurring segment on the news show Dateline NBC. [26] The remaining predators were convicted, with their chatlogs published on the website. Days later, Thomas told the girl he would like to have sex with her when they next met. This suicide became national news, and a flurry of criticism was thrown at Dateline and Chris Hansen. Still, the show was a cultural phenomenon and undeniably captivating television. As the chatlogs were used in a pending police investigation, they would not be published unless a conviction was made. I have a father who was overweight." What a legend Chris is. A Reddit user shared the tweet to r/WhitePeopleTwitter and asked if the claim was true. At a quick first glance, that was my impression - granted I'm not sure, and the pic of #1 is grainy and from a bit of a distance compared to #2. He was found guilty of one felony count of Using A Computer System Or Network To Solicit Or Obtain Sex With A Minor. Just like a serial killer or a drug addict or a hoarder. 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. Chatlogs are the first point of contact between a potential predator and a Perverted Justice decoy. www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=love_is_taj, www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=tafatiw2006, www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=jaime2002_22, www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=wow_you_like, www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=craigtraylor. This page has been accessed 32,309 times. Back when I was a teenager me and a friend used to read the perverted justice chatlogs to each other, each taking a role. He was pronounced dead from his self inflicted gunshot wound shortly after. [29] With the exception of Abhilash Bhaskaran, who absconded prior to his trial,[30] all the predators were convicted, and thus their chatlogs were published on Perverted Justice's website. Weight A freedom of information request also proved successful in gaining all of the police interrogations. This is an idea that Ive had for a while: a master list of the numerous unaired/unfeatured predators caught on TCAP that gives a detailed background on the unaired men as opposed to just a list of names or whatever else. Chris Hansen remained a correspondent on Dateline and tried replicating the TCAP magic with segments like To Catch an ID Thief, To Catch an i-Jacker (a really lame sting about people stealing blocky 2000s iPods left out in the open), and To Catch a Con Man. He asked the decoyvarious explicit sexual questions, such as if she preferred older men and whether she had sex with her ex-boyfriend. Very detailed, I completely had forgotten about most of these predators with exception to the "knock knock" guy and the 'unknown man #2' because I always chuckle at how his pic on Del's board has "SHOWED" in bold letters, haha! Christopher Edward Hansen (born September 13, 1959) [2] is an American television journalist and YouTube personality. [19] All men who showed up were convicted, and thus their chatlogs are accessible on the Perverted Justice website. He telephoned the decoy and informed her that he was outside the sting house. Id love to hear your take on the Perverted Justice group. But it's really sad that he's now 73 and everyone around him is abusing the man-child just for their own personal gain. Dennis Alain Thomas is an unaired suspected a predator involved in the Suburban Washington, D.C. edition of To Catch A Predator. 210 lbs Eddie was caught again chatting up another underage Perverted Justice decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl while out on bond. Some in the fandom speculating this is a test for a national tour. Hogan would later be arrested and convicted,[7] although his police interrogation video has never surfaced online. Naked and Afraid is an American reality series that airs on the Discovery Channel.Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists (1 woman; 1 man) who meet for the first time and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness naked for 21 days. Additionally, some uncut interviews and police interrogations would be uploaded to MSNBC, and eventually be re-uploaded to YouTube. Welcome Guest. He gave her the full account of what transpired in January, including the prediction that he would likely spend "a long time" in prison. William claimed to know a girl who was murdered and by an online sexualpredator and found dead in a dumpster. Please note: the 'sad' part of /r/sadcringe is in reference to when something makes you feel sad, it's not about calling someone out for being sad. ", One of the best posts I've seen on here. [37] Following the Conradt suicide, the Texas district attorney decided not to press charges for the predators caught in the sting. Thomas said he "would be very good" to the decoy, but added that he wouldn't have sex with her. He invited her to play with his penis and inquired as to her desire to ingest ecstasy. The first sting was conducted in May 2004, which saw 19 men show up over a period of three days. CH Interview: yes. Eye color The show didn't ultimately cave to criticism about "entrapment." By going to the location of their own volition to try and sleep with someone they believed to be a minor, the perps on To Catch a Predator were freely attempting to engage in illegal activity on their own. Greenville, OH, Fort Myers, FL, and Fortson, GA (6 men). Afterwards, with the footage of the sting supposedly on the way, Hansen became the host of Crime Watch Daily, a syndicated true crime show. Chris launched a website for his Hansen vs. The unedited footage of these interviews and arrests was apparently still on the way to Kickstarter backers, but that just like the promised merch was nowhere in sight. It would have been terrifying if any of it had been accurate, lol. Investigating in quotes because many felt Hansen had unfairly jumped onto the story after others had done all the work, and Hansen just joined in to take the story and sell it as a documentary to Discovery+. 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. [3] Eddie was subsequently deported from the United States back to Hong Kong.[4]. The following day, Eddie phoned the decoyand admitted he was in court for a traffic infraction and would be arrested if the payment wasn't paid. While Eddie's interview with Chris Hansen remains unaired, Perverted Justice conducted a sting operation at Laguna Beach in February 2006. Just recently on Thanksgiving Day his new series titled Takedown with Chris Hansen started airing on the true crime streaming service he's a part of: TruBlu. https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2021/04/to-catch-predator-update-ocean-county.html, http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=venom8518. No police interrogations have ever been made public for this sting. Height Not only were many Murphy residents unhappy with Dateline NBC appearing in their town, to the point where some conducted a protest outside the stinghouse, but it also saw the suicide of Louis Conradt, an assistant district attorney following a botched arrest at his home. Also included in the tape was Travis Fowler's segment. These volunteers were part of the watchdog group "Perverted Justice" (and the sketchy story of that vigilante group, their origins, their forums, and their eventual collapse is a whole other topic I can't get into here) that NBC paid as consultants to do the online decoy work and collect evidence. Web Archive showcasing a blocked MSNBC page containing TCAP footage, including one for John Mahon, which is inaccessible currently. After agreeing online to meet in person, the predator would then enter the stinghouse, only to be confronted by Chris Hansen. Yes but most issues tend to relate to how youre treated when your younger and probly fucked him up when he was younger. The Murphy proved to be the most infamous and controversial in the show's history. No motivation except for ruining a minors life lol. on November 5, 2018. The Boondocks Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Conradt's chatlog would later be published on the Perverted Justice website under "Other Resolutions",[39] whereas the chatlog of Stanley Kendall, a teacher caught in the sting, would eventually be uploaded to YouTube by Joey's TCAP Channel on August 12th, 2019. You can have sympathy for someone while still believing they should be in prison. Date of birth A long, long departure from the TCAP days of renting out massive multi-million dollar mansions with dozens of expensive hidden cameras. Following talking about other topics, Eddie asked the decoyif she was interested in learning the size of his penis. The chatlogs of Pulkit Mathur and Kanishk Lakhanpal also went unpublished, the former having absconded, and the latter is not charged due to lack of sexual intent in his chatlog as noted in the episode. Over three days, another 19 men showed up. It was. For upwards of US$100,000 per episode, the production hired controversial vigilante group Perverted-Justice to assist in the "exposure [and] arrest of men ostensibly interested in having sex with children."Perverted-Justice entered chat rooms and posed as children to lure such men to a . Ernandez lies about his age, claiming he is 24. Of the men arrested, three would be acquitted. web pages No uncut interview footage nor police interrogations have ever been released publicly for this sting. I'd love to hear this too. Predator format of Chris confronting a suspected predator before arrest, though most of the men immediately try to leave. Additionally, while no uncut Hansen interviews have ever resurfaced, almost all the Flagler Beach police interrogations have been uploaded to YouTube by The Cappening Channel through freedom of information requests. Many fans of his earlier work couldn't help but walk away feeling like they got scammed by someone they once looked up to, or at least enjoyed the work of a lot. [54] The rest have yet to see the light of day. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Physical description That seemed like a very calculated manipulation, like if something were to go wrong He already had a plan b. Bizarrely, Chris Hansen also started "investigating" YouTuber and alleged groomer Onision for his inappropriate relationships with underaged fans. His chatlog and uncut Hansen interview are currently accessible, but his uncut police interrogation has never been publicly seen. TCAP was parodied in South Park, Arrested Development, and even in the opening segment of the 2006 Emmy's hosted by Conan O'Brien with a cameo by Chris Hansen himself. In an unaired episode of To Catch a Predator dating from 2005, Chris Hansen confronted the latest sexual offender, who calls himself the Booty Warrior. To Catch a Predator Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Others were previously available on MSNBC based on Web Archive data but currently remain missing.[20][21][22]. [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]. To Catch A Predator was canceled in 2008 after the Texas investigation and Perverted Justice ended decoy operations in 2019. 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