To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television news magazine program Dateline NBC. And experts in the field say when it comes to female predators, you're more likely to see the teacher/student scenario, as opposed to someone meeting anonymously online. Got this from the To Catch a Predator fandom wiki. The decoy then tells the man her parents are away and invites him "home"to a house outfitted with hidden cameras. Filming & Production But fans kept asking him to bring back the stings, and last year Hansen mounted a Kickstarter campaign, raising nearly $90,000 for a reboot called "Hansen vs. Predator.". I know Ive been taken to task by the Poynter Institute and some old-line journalists, but I think we had to evolve into what was the right thing to do. I've had to ask forgiveness from peopleand they've given it," she says. Hansen thinks that making a show out of following up with the predators he has encountered in the past is "an excellent idea. Chris Hansen - Host: You ask her if she does anal. They are part of me, my absolute priority. And there is the dramatic, signature moment when the visible cameras come out. "If they put this partthe part where the family has to clean up the messin the TV show, I don't think the ratings would be nearly as high," Dianna says. 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. She had to ask herself: Who is this man I said I'd marry? She is the best women decoy and decoy in general in that show. "He called a few days later, and we were pretty much together after that." 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. That night when she told her girls, they were ecstatic. Children spend hours chatting online with their friends, and sometimes with strangers. Todd can't live with you." Over the next few days, the image of Todd sitting in jail played in her head. 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. Five men in Oklahoma have been arrested after law enforcement authorities conducted a four-day sting to catch child sex predators. And we investigate equally.. Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said SOSA provided investigators with real-time communications with the alleged predators and other resources throughout the operation. And there is a definitive link1 between child porn and child exploitation. and nowadays, we have dozens and dozens of ways to communicate. "Minors in towels. According to a news release from the Canadian County Sheriff's Office (CCSO), the five suspects taken into custody include Trace Turkelson, 22, of Elgin; Cody Ewing, 27, of Yukon; Tracy Fisher, 41, of Tulsa; William Copeland IV, 29, of Calhan, CO; and Otha Smith . Because despite his attempt at premarital jitters,' the fiance married him a month later anyway. He battled tabloid stories of an extramarital affair. It's about me being a good mother." Place of birth And until Dianna Strawder decided to talk to Glamour, none of these women had ever spoken to a national magazine. "Todd is in jail," he said. All movies, books and CDs with references to children were banned. ", 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. She couldn't stop obsessing, not just over the repulsive details reported on the Dateline episode, but also about his intended infidelity. Chris talks with Casey Mauro, who was the decoy actress in the Dateline NBC To Catch A Predator investigation episodes in New Jersey and Kentucky. Samantha Cote At that time, Hansen reported that he was commencing negotiations with various potential broadcast networks in an effort to find a media platform on which to air the footage that was shot during the Fairfield operation. But it is, by its very nature, a risky proposition. Is he a police officer? It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 12 - 15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. Five men in Oklahoma have been arrested after law enforcement authorities conducted a four-day sting to catch child sex predators. When you decided to reboot the stings, were there plans for how to do things differently given what happened? "You deserve better than this," he repeatedly told her. Until a few days earlier, she'd trusted Todd more than anyone else in the world. The predator is talking to the decoy and says "I am really glad this isnt a sting" right before Chris Hansen comes walking over the sand dunes. 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. When asked about how the series came about, Hansen explained that, The idea grew out of a conversation I had years ago, with a fellow reporter, a friend of mine. It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 12-15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. He burst into tears. Im not the moral arbiter of society. 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. His public defender was optimistic, saying that considering the types of sentences given to Dateline predators, Todd would probably serve a short jail stint. 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. Is it too much drama? Jessica plucked from the bookshelf one of her favorites from the American Girl Library: The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls with a cover illustration of three young girls wrapped in bath sheets. Rachel ran up and gave him an enormous hug. Because the decoys never make the first move. These predators deserve jail time or worse. He didnt show up at the house, the police made the decision to issue a warrant. Extremely disturbing: 5 men charged in child predator sting using decoys posing as 14 and 15 year olds. Can we count on your support today? Then, she says, he hung his head in shame. They were going to go to school with that on their shoulders every day," Dianna recalls. Her comfort came from her relationship with the community of friends she and Todd had established via MySpace, most of whom didn't know about Todd's crime. One, who doesnt want to go after child predators? And then youve got to make the decision of whether to air it. I dont think so. "Do you have any special ideas for tonight or anything?" But another memory kept surfacing too. If he was released as a convicted sex offender, he would have to adhere to a strict set of rules. And from HVP of course we have me, my mommy and . In a Dateline hidden camera investigation, correspondent Chris Hansen catches some of these men in the act. What did you learn about the fanbase? The women decoys can sound like children unlike the men, men have deeper voices than women so its hard for someone with a deeper . The cameras show a man walking up to the front door. To Catch a Predator is an American reality television series that features hidden camera investigations by the television news magazine program Dateline NBC. ", Rachel fell silent, then asked, "What's that? In the past three years, with the help of an organization called Perverted Justicea vigilante Internet group whose volunteers pose as children to flush out potential sex offendersDateline has shown on national television the capture of more than 263 men, many of whom were seeking sex with minors. Dianna confided her dilemma to Todd's roommate. Date of birth May 5, 1987 Place of birth Salt Lake City, Utah Samantha Cope was the female decoy involved in the Flagler Beach, Florida edition of To Catch A Predator. There was a long gap in which you didnt do these stings, but many encouraged you to return to them. "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. In fact, I'm going to give serious thought to reaching out to some people who could take part in that. So when Todd called her one day and asked if she wanted to get married on her lunch break that very afternoon, she said yes. Soon after they walked into the restaurant, Wadkins said, "You have children. It was the roommate of her fianc, Todd West. Included was a link to Perverted Justice's website, which had posted Todd's chat with the Dateline decoy. Jessica told her mother that evening at home: "I wanted to tell them how great Todd was. Chris Hansen - Host: [Chris Hansen, as he reads to Jeffrey Stacey from the chat log transcript of his conversation with the decoy] You ask her if she's horny. There is a notion that we stopped doing the investigations after the incident, which is not true we did others after that one, successful ones in which nobody got hurt. Nonprofit journalism about criminal justice, A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, Intimate portraits of people who have been touched by the criminal justice system. Do you black out his face? 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. 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 . To Catch a Predator was an American news expos series that featured hidden camera investigations by the television newsmagazine program Dateline NBC. Three, it takes you into a world you wouldnt normally see. Have you come to have views on this? To Catch A Predator - The Predator That Brought His Own Decoy ,To Catch A Predator Caught A Teenager They Felt So Sorry For, That They Didn't Even Air This E. We did, and I think we handled it fairly responsibly. "I've done some rotten things. Home. "The whole world was going to think my girls had a creep for a stepdad. Snoo_85712. In our society, we want one-size-fits-all answers, and this is not a one-size-fits-all problem. 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 minors are adults impersonating underage persons (generally ages 13-15) in online chats. More than anything, she worried that her decision to stay with Todd could hurt her girls. It's a whole 'nother playing field now. What he did know was that police officers were knocking on his door, and he had child pornography on his computer. After Emily left, Amanda comes in and Del immediately makes an excuse on having her hair look better and begins playing with her hair. Her thoughts turned to Dateline; their lives would change dramatically when the episode aired in a few months. It included using a decoy house the suspects allegedly believed was the home of girls ages 14 and 15. ", On September 22, 2006, Todd's episode of Dateline: To Catch a Predator aired. Above all was the question of her daughters' safety and well-being; Dianna had custody of her children, and Todd was around the apartment a lot when the girls, ages 11 and 13, were there. Click this link for the original source of this article. Chris Hansen, the host of Crime Watch Daily.. "Todd is in trouble, baby," Dianna replied. It all comes down to family. He looked cowed and broken. "I believe that people should be able to redeem themselves.". While reruns of To Catch a Predator still air regularly, no new episodes have been shot since 2007. And she's an anti-vaxxer. She gets into position, standing by the front door as a potential predator shows up at our undercover house." Life as the wife of a convicted sex predator was relentlessly demoralizing. We learned about the online watchdog group, Perverted Justice, and I figured if we could combine their talent posting as decoys with our hidden camera technology, it could be pretty compelling. When she told her daughters of her choice, they were furious. 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. Biography An actress that would go on to have many television roles, Cope first started as a decoy on TCaP. In the aftermath of the Dateline sting, Dianna Strawder has had to wrestle with some disturbing questions. A few days after Todd's arrest, Todd's roommate and Dianna made the drive to the Harris County jail. Even Dianna's ex-husband had changed his mind about Todd. Is there a question of whether people would have attempted to harm children had they not been lured by the decoy? If I wasnt there, somebody would have been raped that night. I think it's going to be a more sophisticated program. People always say, These guys should be thrown away, and I say, Some of them can be fixed. We have not invested in treatment for this like we have in alcoholism, or heroin, or cocaine. According to a news release from the Canadian County Sheriffs Office (CCSO), the five suspects taken into custody include Trace Turkelson, 22, of Elgin; Cody Ewing, 27, of Yukon; Tracy Fisher, 41, of Tulsa; William Copeland IV, 29, of Calhan, CO; and Otha Smith III, 37, of Linden, Texas. "), Dianna felt she knew something about mistakes and redemption. No matter what, you can always turn to The Marshall Project as a source of trustworthy journalism about the criminal justice system. Of course, you dont want anybody to hurt themselves. In hopes of a light sentence, Todd decided to plead guilty. Is he former military? Authorities say that SOSA provided the operation with two female actresses who acted as bait. "Not especially," he says. "Rachel didn't say a word to me for two weeks," she says. But fans kept asking him to bring back the stings, and last year Hansen mounted a Kickstarter campaign, raising nearly $90,000 for a reboot called Hansen vs. Predator. The segment premiered in September on Crime Watch Daily, a show Hansen hosts that runs on weekdays, syndicated on local channels throughout the country. And sometimes they freak out. The communications included video chats, text messages, phone calls, and direct messages on social media platforms. Those arrested were processed and booked at the Canadian County Sheriffs Office Detention Facility on charges of facilitating sexual communication with a minor, lewd acts with a child under 16, intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance to a minor, and violations of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act. He handed Todd two consecutive 10-year sentences. Did the 2006 suicide lead to questions about whether you went too far? In October of this year, Dianna made up her mind to divorce Todd. People were lured to meet with a decoy under the pretense of sexual contact and then . Every time they walked by a young girl, she glared at him to make sure he wasn't ogling her. On her weekly two-hour drives to the prison, Dianna would be greeted by an increasingly fragile and withdrawn Todd. Jerry Lambe is a journalist at Law&Crime. [1] It is safe to say of all the decoys that branched out into acting after the show that Cope has found the most success. The male and female decoys that appeared in the various stings. Cookie Notice Then that changed too. I have a hard time feeling sorry for him. Others might argue otherwise, but I think its justifiable. The suspects are accused of sending nude photos to the decoys and describing sex acts the arrestees desired to perform with the purported girls. Even when we stopped shooting new investigations, MSNBC ran the old ones. The reality is he did his time. They played the roles and communicated with the alleged predators. He knew hed face 10 years in prison for each image. As each mile passed, Dianna's anger mounted. "He did a bad thing. Dianna stared at him, tears blurring her vision. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) Dianna didn't want to get out of bed the next day. If the police ask us a question, we answer. "Crime Watch Daily" host Chris Hansen, at right, speaks with Jeff Sokol, a man who police say drove two and a half hours to meet a 13-year-old girl. Dianna softened. This content is made available by use of the public RSS feed offered by the host site and is used for educational purposes only. What the woman told her next made Dianna's hands and knees tremble so hard she had to pull over to the side of the road. And that drama, I think, is part of what draws people to watch this. A talented amateur artist who managed a costume shop, he'd always been wonderful with her children. He chatted with the decoy named mystyk_roses for a week.". I dont think there is any way he could have known it was Chris Hansen and Dateline outside. Todd had been arrested for trying to solicit sex from a decoy disguised as an underage girl. Furious and confused, Dianna had had just one brief phone conversation with her fianc since the bust. [emailprotected]. ", But in other ways, life remained eerily uneventful. And Dianna, a 34-year-old divorced mother of two adolescent daughters, was about to endure the private agonies behind what has become a very public form of entertainment. The site poked fun at Dianna. He would never, ever do anything bad to a child. | About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. This is me keeping that promise.". Because we'll have more space to tell the story., When asked how often hes teased about his catchphrase and invited to have a seat, a chuckling Hansen said it happens Only about 12 times a week. He'd tried to do the right thing, she told herself. Authorities say that SOSA provided the operation with two female actresses who acted as bait. But with the help of a new Kickstarter campaign, Hansen is hoping to change that and unleash a. That they wouldnt have otherwise acted on their fantasies? He posed a significant danger. You just don't put them in that situation." There was also the matter of her dignity; Todd had cheated on her in the most humiliating way possible. What is the English language plot outline for To Catch a Predator (2004)? She often wondered, Am I the example I want to be? 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. "I loved Todd, but I wasn't sure about my decision," she says. A grand jury issued a harsh indictment against Todd for his actions: criminal attempt to commit child molestation and criminal attempt to commit statutory rape. Biographical information He hadn't believed she was 14her language had been too sophisticated, and when he saw her in person, he'd sized her up as being of legal age. If we find out theres potential danger, the police arrest him before he comes in we dont want a dangerous situation. "I immediately thought about leaving him. Three months later there was an additional blow. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. When the man arrives, Dateline and the police pounce. We try to work it the best way for justice. and our A month later Dianna finally allowed Todd to see her daughters. Not everyone felt so generous toward Todd. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. He mentioned suicide. 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. Now she wasn't sure what to do. In the hallway she heard teachers whisper about the episode, saying, "One of guys even had a fiance! 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. Glamour may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Even so, Dianna felt that Todd was falling apart. On the day before Valentine's Day 2007, Todd went to prison. But with the help of a new Kickstarter campaign, Hansen is hoping to change that and unleash a new seriesthe forebodingly titled Hansen vs. Predatoron the world. According to a news release from the Canadian County Sheriff's Office (CCSO), the five suspects taken into custody include Trace Turkelson, 22, of Elgin; Cody Ewing, 27, of Yukon; Tracy Fisher, 41, of Tulsa; William Copeland IV, 29, of Calhan, CO; and Otha Smith . It was devoted to impersonating underage people (generally ages 12 - 15) and detaining male adults who contacted them over the Internet for sexual liaisons. The two had been married just a year. He told her he'd started chatting online with the girl because he was scared of getting married. All Dianna could sputter out was "What the hell?". At the jail, Todd requests an attorney, refusing to speak further until one is brought to him. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and New York Law School and previously worked in financial securities compliance and Civil Rights employment law. He said Todd had nodded his head in agreement. And it was tough. We do a vast amount of research on these men: does he have a concealed weapons permit? He tried to get them off the hard drives, and he couldnt. Hear behind the scenes details and find out. NEW EVIDENCE! Do you wrestle with the idea that these people are sick and need treatment? "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.". Her interactions with the predators were not very involved as she would invite them in and then quickly announce she was going to the back to change as Chris would come out for the confrontation. We rarely will engage with a teenager who is hitting on a 13 or 14 year-old. 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. "Great," Rachel said. When we began, we used chatrooms on AOL and Yahoo! "You don't know anything?" 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. Have a tip we should know? ), When asked about the most surprising reaction he ever received from one of his predator encounters, Hansen admitted that it was recognition. She adds, "I abandoned my kids once when I was addicted to drugs, but I've made a promise to myself never to do that again. We had a guy in the last investigation who, when police searched his car, had a loaded gun, duct tape, and a camera, and wanted to take this 13-year-old for a ride. "As crazy as it sounds, our relationship felt stronger than ever," says Dianna. Chris Hansen hosts the "To Catch a Predator" segment on "Dateline NBC" in this 2006 photo. For more information, please see our Well never put our work behind a paywall, and well never put a limit on the number of articles you can read. An actress that would go on to have many television roles, Cope first started as a decoy on TCaP. Advertisers got nervous. To Catch a Predator (2004-2007) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Cast Series Produced by Series Music by Series Film Editing by Series Sound Department Series Camera and Electrical Department See also Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs And he was on the waiting list to become a cop. I dont know if he had a closet life, I dont know what was going on. "I thought Todd was my soulmate. Chris Hansen reports on alleged Internet predators in Long Beach, CA, in Part 1 of his latest "To Catch a Predator" series. He was having graphic conversations with two of our decoys. The alleged conversations with the suspects escalated to sexually graphic conversations very quickly, the sheriffs office said. Earlier versions of To Catch a Predator included the suspect entering the house, getting a quick talking-to by Chris Hansen, and the suspect getting arrested. I said, How did you know that? And he said, I watch the show all the time, and when I miss an episode, I download it from the Internet., There was only one investigation where some of the cases were not prosecuted," Hansen explained when asked about a story that a handful of cases were thrown out due to a legal technicality. Have a tip or story idea? (He was right; Dateline's decoys are always 18 or older.) 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.. They'd met a little more than a year earlier while standing in line at a Starbucks. Im not judging the guy. As his car headed in the other direction on the highway, the girl called his cell phone and coaxed him back. "Fourteen," he admitted, his voice cracking. "I kept expecting people to run up to us on the streetto yell at Todd. When Dianna was 15, she'd been sexually molested by an older man. 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). Viewers have the satisfaction of seeing these menwho have included public officials, schoolteachers and a rabbihauled away, sometimes in handcuffs. Because Todd had been arrested in Georgia, where penalties for these crimes tend to be severe, he was given one of the harsher sentences in Dateline history. The best decoy on To Catch a Predator is a woman, her name is Casey Mauro. Dumb. The alleged conversations with the suspects escalated to sexually graphic conversations very quickly, the sheriffs office said. Have I done my daughters irreparable harm? she exclaimed. According to the sheriffs office, Otha Smith traveled the farthest of the five suspects, driving about five hours to meet one of the decoy actresses at a hotel. Why, she asked, hadn't Todd been around? The mark would arrive at a camera-rigged decoy house, where Hansen would emerge with his signature line: Why dont you have a seat? After a brief, squirmy interview, police would swoop in for an arrest. We would not do it without law enforcement and prosecutors being involved. And it never gets tiring., 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Their route took them along Interstate 85, the same highway Todd had driven on the way to his planned hookup. | Technology has improvedfor everything from the cameras to the microphones. "Please don't leave Todd," she pleaded. Investigators said all five of the alleged predators cooperated with authorities and admitted to their intentions when they met these decoys.. 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