The next day hes brought before a judge and bail is set. 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 cases were tainted by the involvement of amateurs. Beck: He was so anxious to have some company when he was left by himself for four days, under the circumstances it sounded neglectful.Hansen: So youre the Good Samaritan?Beck: Thats correct. 1 minute ago. And just this past Friday, six months after our broadcast, the U.S. Attorneys office filed two charges against David Kayeone for attempting to entice a minor to engage in an illegal sexual activity and the other for travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Chief Hilton Daniels: The one that bothered me the most was the guy that showed up with rope and duct tape in his vehicle.Hansen: Did you bring rope with you tonight?Kenneth Forton: I have rope in my car, yes, for my job.Hansen: You talk about using the rope in various sex acts with this 15-year-old girl. To Catch a Predator was an American news expos series that featured hidden camera investigations by the television newsmagazine program Dateline NBC. Funnily when Chris told them they could go they thought they were in the clear and were giggling on the way out until a bunch of cops in tactical gear jumped them in the driveway lol. He was incarcerated for about a year before being committed to a mental institution. A vile predator has been caged for more than 20 years after he was convicted of multiple sexual offences against children. I can tell you in the other locations, these issues did not come up.. Hansen: Were doing a story on adultsDavid Schumacher: You do look kind of familiarHansen: who try to meet kids on the Internet.Schumacher: All right. Eric Chase, a defense attorney specializing in sex crimes, said stings are the job of police, not TV crews. Sexual abuse victim breaks his silenceAlex Case abused by AFL superfan in 2005Jeffrey 'Joffa' Corfe avoided jail for his crime. Police should not be abdicating a very important function to either private organizations or entertainment organizations, he said. And the district attorney is refusing to prosecute any of the men, saying many of the cases were tainted by the involvement of amateurs. Just figured he was a good guy doing something for kids. After our broadcast, Bennof, after 31 years of teaching, retired. I thought lorne had a lifetime registration? Green made bond on his "Predator" charges, though he returned to jail in August 2007 on accusations he exposed himself to an 8-year-old girl in Forsyth County. And as youll see, some seem prepared to do things that Fort Myers, Florida Police Chief Hilton Daniels finds quite alarming. Our newsletter keeps our core readers connected. Catch a Predator" sting, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. I didnt think anything of it. Schroeder: I think parents have known that this has been around. He got the stiffest sentence of all the Florida predators. There were more than a few who transferred out of his area or specifically asked not to work directly with him. What do you do for a living?Kaye: Im a rabbi. Seibert didn't get the \"Long Beach Special.\" No, he . Hansen: What are you doing here?Steve Bennof: Thought I would come see him, butHansen: Come see him for what?Bennof: I wanted to meet him.While online our thirteen year old decoy asked the teacher to bring condoms. I know some people who have seen me with the movie, but that was it. He also throws his brother under the bus for the child porn that is on his computer. iFuckZebraCakes, One guy showed up to the sting in a company semi truck. I do knowHansen: Big, Brother? Hes a special education teacher looking to meet a 13-year-old boy. But at the end of the day it really comes down to reminding kids that there are a lot of creeps in cyberspace. But none had any idea our hidden cameras were going to expose them before a national audience. Now, Wunderler is doing his talking in court. Hansen: So you thought it was okay to come here to see a 14-year-old girl.Wunderler: No I didnt.Hansen: And you say, Would you ever try anal? Ouch. He got a good lawyer and so the TCaP didnt show the video of him getting busted, only a photo that he shared in the chat with who he thought was the young girl. Always wanted to buy booze for us or roll up a joint and smoke us out in his van. A MAN who tried to force the woman he sexually assaulted to drink water from a toilet was jailed today for seven years. Hansen: Could you explain yourself?John Kennelly: Im sorry.Hansen: Why dont you go ahead and cover up.Kennelly: Certainly. Since Perverted-Justice members are the decoys, some have been temporarily deputized. To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television news magazine program Dateline NBC. Hes a man in a position of trust: 24- year-old Ryan Hogan, screenname ryan4686, a New York City firefighter. He asserted he hadn't used email since finishingschool in 1999. After her brother Louis was caught on To Catch a Predator, Patricia Conradt filed a $100 million lawsuit against NBC, claiming her brother's exposure caused him to commit suicide. [1][2][3], On December 30, 2005, 48-year-old Wehry made contact with a Perverted Justice decoy posing as a 13-year-old boy named "Luke" through email. S01E05 Greenville, Ohio, Part 2 May 3, 2006 NBC S01E06 Fort Myers, Florida, Part 1 May 10, 2006 NBC In 2002, he led police on a high speed chase in a stolen car. Trusted News Discovery Since 2008. Youre naked. I can expand it to include info such as prison sentence if known, link to RSO page, etc. In Ohio v. Deuble (2021), a law enforcement officer impersonated a 15-year-old girl named "Bella Jane" online with the aim of catching predators. When he was about 23, Wehry was arrested and charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon in 1981 after shooting a man in the neck. I was getting suspicious of the guy and reverse searched his phone number. In 2011 Patterson represented himself in a civil lawsuit against NBC Universal, Inc., asking for $40,000,000 each in monetary and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief in the form of having all information about him taken off television and NBC's website. Just wait you gotta be a little patient.Hansen: Actually I want you to come here.Rutherford: Thats what I thought. To "Catch a Predator" is a classic. Thats kind of an understatement, isnt it? He didnt have any children though. And when he learns hes going to appear on national television, it was a scene. This subreddit is to discuss To Catch a Predator and Hansen vs Predator. When we told them. At one point, the crowd of potential predators gets so large, Sgt. Heck hath no fury like a mommy scorned. He was arrested and charged with attempting a lewd act with a child under 14. After the segment nabbed 24 men in Murphy, Texas, the local district attorney refused to prosecute the cases, claiming the amateur involvement of Perverted-Justice "tainted" them. One 68-year-old sex offender, Robert Emmet Lyonswas arrested only five months ago for a lewd sex act with a person 15 or younger. He faces eight new felony counts of child solicitation. I went to school with Robb Kline. Wehry was charged with forced sodomy on a minorand sentenced to two years in juvenile detention as a result. Hansen: My point is, because your child is here, I think it would be best if you went ahead and left.Wallach: YeahI agree. In August 2016, Hansen was hired to host the nationally syndicated series Crime Watch Daily, which celebrated his arrival by renaming itself Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen. "And since the stated intent of the house visit is to have sex with a minor, the ultimate responsibility lies with the men who come knocking on the door, no matter who initiates the meeting.". He starts telling me about this girl that he coached since she was 10 on a girls hockey team who is now in college playing for a very good school. Wayne Dale Epps, Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to the enticement charge, a violation of Florida law, before a federal court in June of this year and was guaranteed a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison. If someone hasn't already done so, I have a little spare time on my hands and could make a Google spreadsheet with this info? My friend dated someone who ended up disappearing, then we eventually found out he had been arrested for trying to sleep with an under age girl and having rope and guns in his trunk. Dateline tracked her down and told her about this man from her past. After months of questions about evidence, Collin County, Texas prosecutors say none of the men arrested will be tried. [1], In November 2010, Wehry filed an appeal challenging two of his charges due to insufficient evidence. Last month Westerbeck pleaded guilty to raping a child under the age of 13. Bodnar was convicted of sodomy and later sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sergeant and his men are staked out in a mobile home parked in the driveway next door. To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series in the television news magazine program Dateline NBC featuring confrontations with host Chris Hansen, partly filmed with a hidden camera, of adult men arriving at a sting house to have sex with a minor and typically being arrested as a result. Eye color Joe Wunderler: I just get nervous. My dad told me this story years later, right after another strange incident, when he and I were on a train and when we got off he had us duck around a lot of people and pillars. Not by a long shot. Things like Driving under the influence, failing a drug screen, and impromptu meetings with Chris Hansen. zombiemann. Am I wrong to think that?Lakhan: No. Werigged the home with hidden camerasinside and out. Patterson's allegations include: Pattersons complaint was entirely void of any factual allegations regarding his claim for negligence, and the case was dismissed. When asked if he had a record, Wehry initially replied, "I'mguessingI do," but later admitted to having one and stated "there's no kids in me." Jean Pierre Wehry: had previous convictions of assault with a firearm (as a youth), rape, and failure to register as a sex offender. He asks me about my parents, I show him pictures of my family. Founded in 2010, Thought Catalog is owned and operated by The Thought & Expression Company, Inc. For over a decade, we've been at the bleeding edge of media, pioneering an infrastructure for creatives to flourish both artistically and financially. I found out he gave me a fake name, and after getting his real name, I saw all the articles online and saw the guy was on To Catch a Predator. So we go looking for him. He and a Florida affiliate reporter got a little too close for comfort, which wouldn't normally be a huge problem, but Hansen was married at the time. When I confront the doctor he says he had no intention of having sex with the boy. "There isn't a bigger, more respected name in crime reporting than Chris Hansen. In his chat, he wants to watch our decoy, who said she was 14, perform a sex act on a cat. Manawatu Guardian 'You're f***ing joking': Family outraged at sentence for killer drink driver. 1X. It was the opposite of a he was the last person I would suspect situation. some-seventy-years. Hell remain in jail until his trial. But the transcripts of his online chats and phone calls were enough for police to charge him with a felony. They were men whose professions made them respected members of the community. But that didnt stop the parade of men from traveling hours to get to us. Youre not.Hansen: So whats going to be happening if Im not here? Went to school with their younger sister. Youre chasing a cat around. You want reasons? It was particularly rough for his girlfriend at the time, as she also worked at the studio, so there was no hiding from it. When asked if he was a photographer, Wehry replied, ""I think about a long time ago I was." State and federal time served consecutively, not concurrently.Gerald White: sentenced in conservative Georgia, didn't take plea deal and was convicted in court, showed no remorse.Reymundo Anguiano: same reasons as Gerald White.Dustin McPhetridge: in Kentucky, and crossed state lines which adds federal charges. Was also begging me to meet up with him and telling me he wanted to shower me with all these gifts. And one man, a training manager, drove 112 miles. A small distinction, perhaps, but one Hansen felt the need to point out publicly. Once he was freed from custody, he moved back in with the psychiatrist. The Real Difference Between A Relationship That Lasts And One ThatDoesnt. And ultimately, he pretty much violated that trust and confidence that he had. Miles from any major city, down long country roads, past corn fields and cow pastures, Dateline set up this house in Rural Ohio. Now hes pulling into our driveway in his Red corvette. A. sexual predator who raped a sleeping woman while posing as an Uber driver and carried out a violent park attack on a second victim has been jailed for 19 years. He resigned his post with that Jewish organization the day before our story aired. After chuckling at hearing some of his chat log lines, he is let go by Hansen, only to come face to face with a group of police officers (who are advised by their superiors to act more swiftly than usual due to the earlier suspicion of him being potentially armed). Be careful out there everyone! CalcifersMyHero, Rapey, extremely rapey. Their practices have generated strong criticisms from a police force unsure how to engage them because they lack an empathic understanding of hunters . Prior to the sting operation, Patterson was a reserve police officer in Lebron, Indiana, who was fired for using police car lights to pull someone over, impersonating an on-duty officer. Chris Hansen, Dateline correspondent: Are these chat rooms really that creepy?Frag, Perverted-Justice: Oh, theyre just loaded. Sure, it made for compelling television, but were Hansen and his crew really the good guys here? So, you were coming over to be a mentor?McIntosh: In a way, yes. So when we began our next investigation, this time in Fort Myers, Florida, we were ready for more excuses. Not all the perps collared by To Catch a Predator have been given the punishment they might seem to deserve. And, each would be caught by Dateline. He is notorious for frequently licking his lips and having an adamant dedication to the lie he was feeding Chris Hansen. thank you Law & Order:SVU) and it felt like we got the bad guys in real time. 21 Jul 04: . Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. He pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a minor to have sex. I thought well, Ill just go over there and say hi and be done with it and go on home. He faces up to sixteen months in prison and must register as a sex offender. And here comes kinky-man-in corona. Youll never guess what he does for a living. Wehry claimed that there was insufficient evidence of his intent to commit more than one count attempted lewd act on a child, and that his conviction on two counts ofattempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of ageviolated his Fifth Amendment rightunder the United States Constitution. I didnt get why; the dude across from us had been absolutely hardcore eyeing me (a 15 year old dressed-for-opera girl) and I figured that was (regrettably) normal, but dad said When hes eyeing me too, its a problem., I trusted my dad about people ever since sea_rhapsody, He legit was always trying to sleep with men that were way too young for him (albeit just barely legal) and we made jokes all the time to him about how he was going to wind up on that show. Enter a group called Perverted-Justice, a kind of online watchdog organization whose mission is to do what it believes law enforcement doesnt always have the resources to domake a full time job of going after internet predators. Rutherford: I know shes a kid.Hansen: How old?Rutherford: 13, 14Hansen: 13, and how old are you?Rutherford: Too old for a 13 or 14 year old.Hansen: Too old. He then contended that a "young man on the phone" informed him that John Pederson owned a construction company. And twice he was convicted of batterythe most recent case in January. Dateline touched a major nerveexposing an epidemic of sexual predators in our country. Have a cookie, I made them because theyll go with the cool-whip. Hes charged with attempted lewd and lascivious battery, using the computer to solicit sex with a minor, and transmitting material harmful to a minor. We all knew he was bad. 'To Catch a Predator' host Chris Hansen calls warrant for his arrest a 'nonevent' Nour Rahal Detroit Free Press View Comments Clearing up his recent legal trouble in Michigan, NBC's "To. As Harvey asked if she brought a camera, Wehry made a beeline towards her. Welcome Guest. You may unsubscribe at any time. His medical license there has been suspended. Who are you to judge anyone or have a clue what being an rso really feels like? He has a long rap sheet. At any given moment, one of perverted justices 50 volunteers, some who say they were victims themselves of sexual abuse, troll Internet chat rooms usually through AOL and Yahoo, waiting to be approached by a predator. 2010 The Thought & Expression Company, LLC. Im never gonna do this again. Hansen: What have we got here?Elias Bailon: A rose.Hansen: What about condoms? For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. It was the Riverside, CA episode where two really young guys show up at the house. When you opt in, not only do you get our curated list of the best horror streaming and stories, you support our work and help us keep the lights on. Wehry said that he was a promotional photographer for "Kindergarten Cop," alongside some gay pornographic films. Date of birth "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen has a warrant out for his arrest after skipping court in Michigan on Thursday, a report said. 27 Jul 02:32 AM. We were all shocked. We found 42-year-old Thomas Bodnar. Thatslike it could hurt. Not if done right. The center's free and confidential sexual violence hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Did you bring condoms?Bailon: Yes, sir.Hansen: You did? Creepy Catalog is owned by the Thought and Expression Company, a small, independent media company. When he was 38 years old, Wehry began dating a 25-year-old woman inhis bible study group. 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