As they traveled, the roommate said that a few weeks earlier he and Todd had watched an episode of Dateline: To Catch a Predator. There has always been a debate about shaming in enterprise journalism. Those few friends who hadn't pulled away from her seemed to scrutinize her too closely. He said Todd had nodded his head in agreement. It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 12 - 15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television news magazine program Dateline NBC. "You can make a request to the superior court," said Wadkins, "but there is no judge in Georgia who is going to let your husband live with your daughters.". Can you believe it?" With the visitor's phone held tightly in her hand, she asked him the question that had been gnawing at her: "How old did she say she was?" Did the 2006 suicide lead to questions about whether you went too far? I always thought Todd was nice. Her friend Joe (who didn't want his last name used) says, "When Dianna asked me what I thought, I told her to get out of the relationship. The roommate had commented, "I can't believe the freaking idiots who do this kind of thing." Decoys posed as underage girls and boys during the sting operations, to lure predators into the sting houses. ", But in other ways, life remained eerily uneventful. Jeffrey Stacey - Predator: [In a high pitched Mickey Mouse sounding voice] What's wrong with that? Thats part of our protocol. It was a hit. Suddenly Rachel broke the silence. So if you talk to psychiatrists, they will tell you when you interview guys who are in prison and have nothing to lose, they say, if theyve been caught once, theyve done it three or four times. The male and female decoys that appeared in the various stings. The two had been married just a year. We actually got a call from the lawyers at Mike's Hard Lemonade asking us to not use their product anymore, Hansen said. When Dianna was 15, she'd been sexually molested by an older man. Life as the wife of a convicted sex predator was relentlessly demoralizing. More than anything, she worried that her decision to stay with Todd could hurt her girls. "This [note] is to inform you that Todd West has been convicted of charges stemming from his arrest in the Dateline NBC/Perverted Justice sting operationin which he solicited, for sexual purposes, someone he believed to be 14 years of age," read the e-mail. If the police ask us a question, we answer. "Great," Rachel said. After Emily left, Amanda comes in and Del immediately makes an excuse on having her hair look better and begins playing with her hair. A blurred image pops up on the screen: It's a shot of Todd's penis, which he sent the girl via webcam. "I complimented his boots, and before I knew it, we'd been talking for two hours," she says. A life where Todd could meet her daughters only in public and only if at least six unrelated adults were present? ", Rachel fell silent, then asked, "What's that? Their route took them along Interstate 85, the same highway Todd had driven on the way to his planned hookup. He was having graphic conversations with two of our decoys. Plot summary Add synopsis Crime Drama Reality-TV Add content advisory January 30, 2007 (United States) See more company credits at IMDbPro Technical specs 44 minutes Contribute to this page Cookie Notice It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 12 - 15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. You shouldnt be going after kids online, and no matter how many we do, they will be out there. Every time they walked by a young girl, she glared at him to make sure he wasn't ogling her. He grimaced. A few days after Todd's arrest, Todd's roommate and Dianna made the drive to the Harris County jail. To Catch a Predator . Some may recognize me, some think Im the mad dad, some think Im a detective. But what isn't often shown is the grief and humiliation of those closest to the predators, particularly their wives and girlfriends. | She had to ask herself: Who is this man I said I'd marry? Viewers have the satisfaction of seeing these menwho have included public officials, schoolteachers and a rabbihauled away, sometimes in handcuffs. Its the nature of the Internet the anonymity, the addictive quality, the 24/7 access. She is the best women decoy and decoy in general in that show. So, whats he going to do when hes a cop, when he has ultimate power over somebody? Anyway, the other decoys are Amanda (blonde from Georgia), Scott (guy from Flagler), and Palumbo's bottom boy (I wish they had used him more). He burst into tears. I still think he's nice. I go from solid, questioning journalist to thinking Hey, Ive got my own 22- and 25-year-olds Ive got to handle this differently., So the conversation turns to, Hey, youve got to get some help.. Until we deal with this as a society and reduce the demand, were going to have this problem. Samantha Cope He posed a significant danger. When we began, we used chatrooms on AOL and Yahoo! His contract was not renewed in 2013, and he went on to host "Killer Instinct," a show on Investigation Discovery. She and the girls decided to do a walk-through of their apartment and make a list of all the things that would have to go when Todd came home. I think it's going to be a more sophisticated program. Not everyone felt so generous toward Todd. But it is, by its very nature, a risky proposition. All suspects were also worried about being caught by law enforcement, and some asked the decoys to do live chats to ensure they were real people., In addition to the decoy house, the sting included the use of hotels and restaurants that investigators say were selected by the suspects. Dumb. Do you black out his face? And until Dianna Strawder decided to talk to Glamour, none of these women had ever spoken to a national magazine. If some retired reporter from the Houston Chronicle with his glasses down his nose wants to take me to task, thats fine. When asked about the worst scenario he ever encountered while filming To Catch a PredatorThe one that made [you] question humanity the mostHansen didnt hesitate in replying, When the guy walked in, naked and wanted to involve whipped cream and a cat in the sexual scenario. (You can see the original clip here. Three months later there was an additional blow. Official Sites And that former prosecutors said that every one of those cases could have been taken to court, should the prosecutor have chosen to do so., Though it was suggested that pursuing more female predators would be beneficial to the public, Hansen admitted that, We never had a female predator surface in our investigation. But if its kids, its really simple. "The whole world was going to think my girls had a creep for a stepdad. I said, Lets do it. He comes in, a big guy, and he goes immediately to hug the decoy, which was a creepy moment. And that drama, I think, is part of what draws people to watch this. A recent study found that one in five children online is approached by a sexual predator, a predator who may try to set up a face-to-face meeting. Extremely disturbing: 5 men charged in child predator sting using decoys posing as 14 and 15 year olds. He told her he'd started chatting online with the girl because he was scared of getting married. [The suspects] have to make the first move, then raise the specter of sex, then come to the house. 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"I was trying to live normally, but I had this incredibly depressed person on my hands," says Dianna. she asked. A few times, she had to greet the predators on the beach with Chris emerging from behind the boardwalk after the predators made it to her. Johnson told Dianna, "I don't think this man has any natural propensity to be a child molester.". "I believe in him." It's not everyone but's definitely all the major figures shouldn't be hard to fill out the rest. Snoo_85712. Over the next few days, the image of Todd sitting in jail played in her head. This wasnt the first time my office has worked with SOSA to apprehend child predators, and I hope theyll continue to be available to assist with our child predator program in the future, said West. We consult the prosecutors. To Catch a Predator: With Chris Hansen, Stone Phillips, Del Harvey, Dennis Kerr. He laughs. He knew hed face 10 years in prison for each image. She didn't initially tell her daughters, but later that week, when she picked them up from their father's house, she had to face a question from 13-year-old Rachel. Im not the moral arbiter of society. On her weekly two-hour drives to the prison, Dianna would be greeted by an increasingly fragile and withdrawn Todd. In 2004, NBC reporter Chris Hansen began leading stings in which children played by adult actors invited men to meet them for sexual encounters. He mentioned suicide. "Todd is in trouble, baby," Dianna replied. Perverted-Justice has only ever encountered one female predator, according to Del Harvey, who has been a Perverted-Justice contributor since 2004 and who has acted as a decoy in the group's . It's always the potential predator that does that., One commenter noted how odd it seems when people actually take the cookies and/or sweet tea being offered to them by the decoy, to which Hansen replied that Probably 30% of them do. Of course, you dont want anybody to hurt themselves. To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television news magazine program Dateline NBC. Her head spinning, Dianna couldn't imagine what her sweet, gentle Toddthe man who surprised her on Sunday mornings with Spanish omelets and cried when his cats were sickhad done. Based on what we found in tonight's investigation, that's an apt . Jessica told her mother that evening at home: "I wanted to tell them how great Todd was. A member of SAG, Samantha found a modicum of success as a television actress and has been featured in series such as HBO's "Insecure", Private, "NCIS:Los Angeles, and many more. The elaborate sting was a joint operation between CCSO and the nonprofit organization Safe from Online Sex Abuse (SOSA). 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 . The suspects are accused of sending nude photos to the decoys and describing sex acts the arrestees desired to perform with the purported girls. A talented amateur artist who managed a costume shop, he'd always been wonderful with her children. Two hours into their trip, near the exit for the decoy house Todd had visited, she finally exploded. That insight helped Dianna believe Todd's story about thinking he'd been chatting with an older girl, and as his court date drew nearer, Todd's mental state improved. Did you decide to show Ambrosios face on television? He went to visit a girl your age for an indecent purpose. I'd decide to do it, and then I'd get sick to my stomach," she says. The Addams Family was out. Nor do they raise the issue of having sex. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. It was devoted to impersonating To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television news magazine program Dateline NBC. Hello I am looking for a clip from an episode of to catch a predator. And what do you make of criticism that what you do isnt really journalism? You just don't put them in that situation." But in an egregious case where someone is very aggressive, and poses a threat to child, if hes 19 or 20, well allow him to come in. Aliases It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 12 - 15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Predator will differ from To Catch a Predator, Hansen said that, We would change the way that we communicate with predators, because there are so many more ways to communicate online than there were when we began. ", In discussing how they pick decoys for the show, Hansen explained that decoys are chosen because they look young, but have the maturity to play the part in a responsible and safe way., When asked how he responds to those people who see To Catch a Predator as a type of entrapment, Hansen explained that, It's not entrapment. Dianna had a revelation: Todd was part of her family. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2338787/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1. 2023 Cond Nast. Links:Todd Westhttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/Todd_Westhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNz8V_stc1U (Fortson, Ga TCaP episode)http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=x_cums_in_the_night_xAnthony Palumbohttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/Anthony_Palumbohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpxxuvCEX8g\u0026t=303shttp://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=HibuddywazsupJohn Christopher Weaverhttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/John_Christopher_Weaverhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxEqs6KVhMhttp://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=sharkiesfin2000Marshall Girtmanhttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/Marshall_Girtmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNz8V_stc1U (Fortson, Ga TCaP episode)http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=hiexcitementCorey Edgarhttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/Corey_Edgarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU-8eAHz83A\u0026t=1shttp://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=ricks_talented_tongueRandall Wolfordhttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/Randall_Wolfordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43wSSjv9zBY\u0026list=PLcsx_PsEZwVs4fFJokfzJhGtguJEc0XJ3\u0026index=3Timothy Isaachttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/Timothy_Isaachttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ6tcoztLcE\u0026list=PLcsx_PsEZwVs4fFJokfzJhGtguJEc0XJ3\u0026index=5http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=parknride_469John Elliotthttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/John_Elliotthttp://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=bald_beaver_hunter42025https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSEYcXLKTW8\u0026list=PLcsx_PsEZwVs4fFJokfzJhGtguJEc0XJ3\u0026index=6William Rowellhttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/William_Rowellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXZ_lLEzga8http://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=bearinwolfsfurDavid Hilbishhttps://to-catch-a-predator.fandom.com/wiki/David_Hilbishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oULufZycpP4\u0026t=216shttp://www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=tunnels12000 All suspects were also worried about being caught by law enforcement, and some asked the decoys to do live chats to ensure they were real people., In addition to the decoy house, the sting included the use of hotels and restaurants that investigators say were selected by the suspects. Longtime viewers of the show might remember that many of the predators were asked to bring along some Mikes Hard Lemonade, which didnt sit so well with the beverage-makers. Maybe he was the man she'd fallen in love with after all. and our "The guilt was eating him alive. Israeli Minister Tells US Envoy to Mind his Business on Judicial Reforms. Trace Turkelson, William Copeland IV, Cody Ewing, Tracy Fisher, and Otha Smith III (Canadian County Sheriffs Office). It's about me being a good mother." Getting this newsit was like somebody died.". So, it wasn't really entrapment. The conversations with the predators were extremely disturbing, including fetish demands, using names such as Daddy, graphic sexual acts they planned on doing to the children, and one predator talking about breeding with the female child, officials said. His contract was not renewed in 2013, and he went on to host Killer Instinct, a show on Investigation Discovery. 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