Adapted from journalist Chris Hansen’s popular TO CATCH A PREDATOR series, each episode of the PREDATORS I'VE CAUGHT features Chris recalling the most notorious cases and providing a “Where are they now?” update. Email Chris directly with your comments, suggestions, and questions: Chris@PredatorPodcast.com Research is courtesy of "To Catch A Predator Wiki." Visit the site for all things TCAP at www.ToCatchAPredator.Fandom.com (http://www.tocatchapredator.fandom.com/) A Hurrdat Media Producti ...
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Abhilash Bhaskaran is a suspected predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia sting. He is known for his "for sex I am not coming" line, which has become legendary among the TCaP community. He is also known for absconding during his post-sting prosecution. Thirty-four-year-old Abhilash was a director of software development for a large computer compa…
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"OH CAWD!” -Armstrong's cry of despair after Chris revealed that he will be exposed on live TV. This is the fourth installment on Lorne Lynn Armstrong, the online child predator who appeared in the Bowling Green, Kentucky predator investigation. One of the most notorious TCaP predators, Armstrong is closely followed and often ironically quoted by t…
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“Oh CAWD!” Here is the third installment on Lorne Armstrong, the online child predator who appeared in the Bowling Green, Kentucky episode of To Catch A Predator. One of the most notorious TCaP predators, Armstrong is closely followed and often ironically quoted by the TCaP community. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a pod…
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In Part 2 of Lorne Armstrong. When Lorne arrived at the sting house on his thirty-seventh birthday. He was very calm and happy when he met the decoy, Casey Mauro. After he took a seat on a butt-warmer chair, Casey asked him what he wanted to do with her, and Lorne said he wanted a kiss from her to kick off the night. She then asked Lorne if he had …
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Lorne Armstrong is a potential online predator who appeared in the Bowling Green, Kentucky sting. One of the most notorious TCaP predators, Armstrong is closely followed and often ironically quoted by the TCaP community. Soon after moving to Nashville, TN, from Cambridge, ME, Lorne began chatting online with a Perverted Justice decoy who used the s…
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David Charles Hilbish is a suspected predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia predator investigation. He was a 38-year-old tunnel maker at the time he started chatting with a girl he believed to be fourteen named "Tracy". David lies about his age and says he is 27. He starts off trying to be a gentleman in the chat, but quickly degenerated into te…
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Raul Antonio Brenes is a suspected predator featured on the Fort Myers, Florida investigation. Raul was a 23-year-old assembly worker at the time he began a chat with "Rachel", a girl he believed to be 14. Raul asked the girl several graphic questions, including if she ever had anal sex and how long she could last during intercourse. Following thei…
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Kaz was a 36-year-old divorced man with a 9-year-old daughter, working at Saks in Manhattan and living in Mt Vernon in Westchester county. He was arrested on 3/30/07, and his 37th birthday was 4/1. The decoy, Casey, said he smelled like cigarettes and b.o. Kaz was held on $50k bail and sat in jail for ten months until on 2/1/08 he was sentenced to …
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In this compelling episode of Predators I’ve Caught, Chris dives deep into the mind of Parminder Jawswal, a former physician caught in an online sting operation. Chris uses his decades of experience to confront Jawswal and understand the psychology behind his actions. This episode gives listeners an unfiltered look into the motivations and rational…
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Parminder Jaswal, MD, a family medicine specialist in Saginaw, MI. was unexpectedly caught in a sting operation led by Chris. Jaswal, taken by surprise during the encounter, faced a series of tough questions from Chris regarding his actions. The incident was widely publicized, casting a significant spotlight on Jaswal. Medical license: surrendered.…
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Loren Hayden was a suspected predator involved in the Long Beach, California investigation. He was a software engineer for the Department of Defense, 34 years old at the time he began talking to “Tiffany”, a girl he believed to be thirteen. Loren lies about his age, saying he’s 27. He begins by bragging that he looks like Brad Pitt, but immediately…
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Robert Rudy Salinas, a forty-four-year-old Copy Machine Technician and married man with children, started chatting with a decoy who posed as a thirteen-year-old-girl. Robert asked the decoy if he can perform oral sex on her and asked if she masturbated. He mentioned that he could be in a lot of trouble for having sex with a minor. He explained to t…
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Brian Joshua Lindsey is a suspected predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia investigation. Brian Lindsey, a 24-year-old former aircraft mechanic for the Air Force, began an internet conversation with a girl he thought was fifteen-years-old and named "Natasha." He told the decoy he was searching for a hookup after only a few minutes of conversatio…
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Manuel Carlos Uson is a suspected predator involved in the Petaluma, California investigation. Manuel was a 43-year-old plant supervisor at a major automotive company, at the time of the sting. He entered into a chat with a girl he believed to be thirteen named "Willow". He starts by trying to speak Tagalog with her, but she doesn't understand what…
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Reymundo Anguiano is a suspected predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia sting. On July 22, 2006, Reymundo, 24 years old, started a chat with a decoy who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. He indicated to the decoy he wanted to meet for sex. The same day, Reymundo drove several hours in order to meet with the decoy at a sting house. When he arriv…
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James Padilla Cisneros is a predator that was involved in the Long Beach, California edition of To Catch a Predator. Twenty-nine years of age at the time, Cisneros used the graphic screen name "whittierlacumandbig" to begin a chat with a decoy posing as a twelve-year-old girl. Cisneros proclaimed having had sex with a thirteen-year-old girl he met …
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30-year-old Peter Ernandez, a teen mental health counselor working at Punta Gorda, Florida, began an internet chat with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a thirteen-year-old girl. Fernandez lies about his age and name, claiming he is 24 and calling himself Pedro. After talking for only 35 minutes, Ernandez was ready to schedule a meeting …
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Brian Dory was a 24-year-old interior landscape designer prior to the Flagler Beach, FL sting. He is best known for looking like a hillbilly, stereotypically bringing Mountain Dew to the sting house. His mother and father separated when he was young. He shared a home with his mother, sister, and father's adopted half-brother. He was raised in Orlan…
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25-year-old Leo Cintron of Lakeland, known as “the umpire predator,” was arrested after he was caught trying to meet a 13-year-old boy. When Cintron showed up, he ended up encountering Chris and detectives, and admitted to knowing that the person he was talking to was 13. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network …
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23-year-old Juan, using the screen name "elchiva8395020", started a chat with a girl he thought was 13 years old. Within minutes of chatting, Juan asked the decoy if he could meet her. He questioned if she was a virgin and wanted to have sex with him. While the chat progresses, Juan sends the decoy 12 pictures of his penis. Juan arrives late at the…
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37-year-old, Art "Artie" Carl Makepeace is an unaired predator featured on the Suburban Washington, D.C. episode of To Catch a Predator. He is best known for his creative good samaritan excuse, as well as being convicted of sexual battery before the sting. He used the screen name vamillionaire messages a decoy posing as a thirteen-year-old girl. At…
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Matthew “Golf Cart Matt” Daly was 41 when he was arrested in October 2022. Matt showed up riding a golf cart to the sting house. After his encounter with Chris and local law enforcement, he was charged with sexually abusive activity with a child, accosting a child for immoral purposes, and using computers to commit a crime. He made bail but in 2023…
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Alan Chernay was 58 years old when he tried soliciting a 14-year-old girl for oral sex. While his chatlog cannot be found online, what is known is that he refused to give his real age to the decoy, only revealing that he was "over 40." He tells the decoy that he would love to get oral sex from her one day, claiming that since he is 6'2, she could g…
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34-year-old Abraham Anthony Koujababian made internet contact with a Perverted Justice decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. He introduced himself as "Tony" and said he was 28. He asked what types of people she was into before going on to describe his muscular body. Twelve minutes into the conversation, Koujababian started approaching the decoy, intr…
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Corye Blagg, 22 years of age at the time, began chatting with a decoy who said she was a thirteen-year-old girl. Blagg was considered a "fast mover." He transitioned from introducing himself to the decoy to requesting to meet and continuously asking for the address to the sting house in the first six minutes of the chat. Blagg suggested that he cou…
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Dallas Lee, a 40-year-old married man with children, started a chat with a decoy who was pretending to be a 14 year old boy in a AOL gay chatroom. He lied to the decoy about his age, claiming to be 20. Within minutes of talking, Lee asked the boy multiple graphic questions, including if he wanted to have oral sex. After a few hours of chatting, Lee…
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35-year-old Steven Reddington, known in the TCAP community as “suspicious Steve,” was a married man with children, using the screen name "sr82194," to hit up a Perverted Justice decoy who was impersonating a fourteen-year-old girl. Steven asked the decoy a number of explicit sexual questions, including if they could have oral and anal sex, if she w…
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Deepak Bist was a 22-year-old college Chemistry teacher at the time he started chatting with “Jennah“, a girl he believed to be 13. He starts by acting like a guardian saying she shouldn’t be in the chat room and there are a lot of bad people there...including himself. It would sound like he was fighting the temptation, saying he was too old and he…
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Donnie Vaughn was a seventy-year-old retired engineer at the time of the sting. Through the use of an unidentified app, Donnie made contact with a police decoy posing as a father prostituting his daughter for sex. The lengthy chat consisted of Donnie telling the man he would be willing to have sex with the decoy, watch the father have sex with the …
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On March 25, 2006, twenty-three-year-old Ronnelle Stephens-Tun began chatting with "Destiny," a person who he believed was a thirteen-year-old girl. Stephens-Tun, using the screen name "come_ride_and_chill_with_me," confessed that he was single before asking the decoy to be his "little mami." He also said that he would engage in sexual activity wit…
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In one of Chris’s initial sting operations, he apprehended Ed_in_NYC, a predator in Bethpage, Long Island. Ed_in_NYC's unmistakable New York City accent added a unique dimension to the encounter. His initial excitement upon entering the scene was palpable, only to be contrasted by his smug demeanor when confronted by Chris Hansen. However, despite …
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Andre Maurice Jackson is an unaired suspected predator involved in the Riverside, California investigation. Andre, 26 years of age, used the graphic screen name "hardblackdick", to begin a chat with a decoy who pretended to be a 12-year-old girl. He met the decoy on teenspot.com, a popular social networking site for teenagers at the time. He claime…
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30-year-old Michael Burks started an internet chat with a Perverted Justice decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. When they initially spoke, Burks had asked the decoy if she wanted to get together and have some fun. He offered to drive her to a location where she could meet him when she said she would but couldn't because of her father. Burks maintai…
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William Rowell was a 37-year-old service tech operator for slot machines who was caught in the Fortson, Georgia investigation. Before William arrived at the sting, footage from a gas station shows he stopped there to buy a box of condoms. He arrives driving a white van (of course he does), so the decoy, wearing only towels to appear she showered, c…
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On November 27, 2006, Brian, 25 years of age at the time, started a chat with a decoy named "Claire", whom he thought was a 13 year old girl. The decoy didn't respond to him that night. However, 3 days later, he tried again, and so the chat began. Brian asked the decoy what her bra size was and if she had any sexual experience. He later states he w…
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Forte was a married man with children who managed a restaurant in Tustin, California before it closed. Forte was considered a "fast mover". Over the course of 49 minutes in January 2006, Forte began chatting with someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy named Luke. Forte asked the decoy if he had ever been with men before. Luke remarked that he had…
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49-year-old Victor Wells contacted a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a 12-year-old girl named "Beth." From December 18, 2005, to January 7, 2006, Wells had a sexually explicit chat. He questioned whether the decoy was a police officer or a set of parents using a young girl as a prop to catch sexual offenders. He said that because the deco…
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Rafiullah Sayed Ahmadi was an unaired suspected predator involved in the Riverside, California sting. 21-year-old Rafi used the screen name "philosophyguy2003," to start an internet chat with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a thirteen-year-old girl named Chloe. Right away, Ahmadi asked the girl if she could talk on the phone. He later a…
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Josiah Walker, a 27-year-old Costco worker, began a chat with a decoy pretending to be a thirteen-year-old girl. Walker asked the girl several graphic questions, including if she was a virgin, what her favorite positions were, and if she wanted to try having sex with multiple people. He worried about being caught a few times during the conversation…
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Michael Murray, who was 44 years old at the time of the sting, engaged in online conversations with a decoy he believed to be a 13-year-old girl named "Michelle". In an attempt to deceive her, Murray lied about his age, claiming to be 32 years old. Despite living only six minutes away from the sting house, Murray quickly steered the conversation to…
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Richard Mark Watwood is a suspected predator featured in the Bowling Green, Kentucky predator sting. He is known for desperately needing to use the bathroom upon arriving, apparently being in such a rush to meet and molest a girl he didn't think to pull over and urinate once during his hour-long journey. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hu…
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24-year-old Ellahzar Henson, using the screen name "importuner81," began an online chat with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a thirteen-year-old girl. Henson lies about his age, claiming to be eighteen. He promises the decoy to bring marijuana when they meet. Henson travelled by car to the Fort Myers sting house. He entered the sting ho…
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39-year-old Anthony Sorrentino started an internet chat with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a 14-year-old boy. He was seen as a "fast mover" because it took him less than 18 minutes to go from greeting the decoy to declaring his desire for oral sex and indicating he was hoping for "hot sex." At one point in the chat, Anthony declared h…
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Joshua Lee Tuttle, a 20-year-old man using the screen name "goodbody1330," initiated contact with an individual he believed to be a 13-year-old girl named "Jessie" but was, in fact, a Perverted Justice decoy. Tuttle began their conversation by asking if she had ever been in a relationship and whether she would consider dating someone in their 20s. …
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45-year-old Dennis Ramsey started chatting with a decoy pretending to be a 14 year old girl. He admitted to the decoy that he liked her but couldn't be with her because society deems it to be immoral. Dennis warned the decoy that she would have to be careful not to tell anyone if they had sex. After the two set up a meeting, Dennis drove 4 hours to…
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William Dow was 63-year-olds, used the screen name "bob75007," to begin a chat with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a fourteen-year-old girl named "Tanya". Even though his chatlog is not available online, it is known that he admitted to the decoy in the chat that he was married. Dow proposed that while he remained with his wife, the dec…
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Eric Thorton, then 26 years old, initiated a chat with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl named "Liz," who was actually a Perverted Justice decoy. From the start, Thorton expressed his attraction to the decoy's photos, referring to them as "hot." He suggested video chatting and reassured the decoy that he would not behave inappropriately…
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Henry Guzman was 20 years old at the time when he chatted up a 13-year-old decoy. He spoke with the decoy for only 2 hours before making the drive to the sting house. When Guzman arrived, the Perverted Justice team realized that they didn't recognize him. While this is happening, ANOTHER predator arrived, parked his truck in the driveway, and watch…
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Often referred to as the "Penis Pump Predator" by TCaP fans, in 2006, 36 year old Shaka Khan started chatting with a girl he believed to be thirteen years old named "Samantha". Shaka lied about his age saying he was 25 and complimented the girl on her profile picture. 45 minutes into the chat, Khan made his plan to come over to party and made his i…
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Thomas Moffitt was a 44-year-old Maintenance Engineer at the Boca Raton Resort at the time he began a chat with “Toni”, a girl he believed to be fifteen. Moffitt was at first worried because he thought the idea of a man his age hitting on a fifteen-year-old girl would freak her out (he was right), Then he would make plans to meet the girl at her ho…
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