Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen

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/)

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67: “She's dead” - Daniel telling Chris how ol...
Daniel Pulido was 40 years old when he chatted up a girl he believed to be 13 years old by the name of “Sammy” (or Wassami or Wasabi according to Pulido). He immediately asks the girl if she wants to see him cum and if her vagina is “nice”. He asks if she is in her room. He was just asking because he was naked. Daniel would transmit images of himself nude as well as masturbating. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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66: "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME! OH DEAR GOD!...
Michael Joseph Patterson, otherwise known as jon_raven2000 was a predator caught in the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation. He is perhaps best known for having driven 5 hours to meet an underage girl and screaming while trying to evade capture by police. Check out the true crime podcast, Innocent Til Tipsy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innocent-til-tipsy/id1590142763 You can receive 10% off your first month of BetterHelp by going to BetterHelp.com/Hansen See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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65: "I'm not going to hurt anyone!" - Louis Con...
In this special edition of PIC, Chris and former Murphy, TX lawman Kevin Carter discuss the investigation that led to Louis William Conradt Jr., a predator who was supposed to be caught during the Murphy, Texas investigation. He shot himself before police could apprehend him.   Please check out Kevin's new book, "Suspicious Death: An Adopted Son's Search for His Mother's Killer"  https://www.amazon.com/Suspicious-Death-Adopted-Search-Mothers/dp/1667832670/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2YUAJ5TFRKV14&keywords=9781667832678&qid=1649863502&sprefix=%2Caps%2C64&sr=8-2  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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64: The Jesus Rocks Predator
Matthew Cogburn was from Gray, Georgia.  His childhood was fairly normal for a kid in Georgia, was an average student in school, and was raised very religious.  He earned a pair of handcuffs in Fortson, Georgia, just outside of Columbus and two hours from his home. However, his trouble began in an internet chat room a week earlier.  Using the screen name "centgaguy04," this admitted virgin, who stated he was saving himself for marriage, began a graphic chat with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl named Wendy.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
45 min
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63: "Just like ressurant" - Oanh Le
Oanh Hoang Le was a potential predator caught in the Flagler beach, Florida episode of To catch a Predator. He is often referred to as "The Polite Predator" by the TCaP community due to his kind gestures and polite attitue during the sting and his police interrogation. www.BetterHelp.com/Hansen for 10% off See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
37 min
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62: "You don't have to call me Scooby Doo. You ...
Denis Coulson, a 23 year old electrician, began chatting with a girl named "Izzy" he believed to be fifteen years old. Even upon knowing the girl's age, he expressed his desires to have sexual contact with girl, saying things like, "id be all over u like white on rice" if he were younger and continuously complimenting the girl on her looks. He also keeps trying to dig into her sexual life, trying to find out about her former boyfriends and her sexual experience. He promises her that if they have sex that she will learn new tricks because he switches positions a lot and also introduces the possibility of having anal sex. After chatting for four days, Coulson and the decoy make a date to meet at the sting house. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
36 min
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61: Sebastian Rodriguez (And the tag along)
After appearing on the Riverside County-To Catch a Predator sting in January, 2006, Rodriguez was convicted of an attempted lewd act on a minor and sentenced to 3 months in prison. The "tag along" was questioned by police and let go. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
32 min
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60: "Oh nah, I never waste a load!" - from the ...
Kenneth Brinkman, 43 year old, began chatting with a boy he believed to be fourteen years old named "Rockie". He spends the chat doing risk assessment and checking to see what the boy likes and is into without directly saying what he wanted to do with him. They decide to meet during a time Rockie's parents would be in Las Vegas.  Ken and Rockie make a date to meet at the trap house late in the evening and Ken drives the 45 miles to get there. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
49 min
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59: "All waaaaayyyy way way..." - Jerry Martin-...
Jerry Martin-Kosis was a 30-year-old from Mira Loma began chatting with a girl he believed to be thirteen. He starts out by testing the waters seeing if she wants a boyfriend and she wants one her age. He then starts to test her boundaries. When she says she might urinate on him, he doesn't seem to mind at all. He continues to talk about tickling and pee with the decoy. The urination chat continues for three weeks when they finally set up a meet. Jerry takes a bus and walks to the sting house, taking his shoes off at the door, and proclaiming he walked all the way from "way way," pointing vaguely behind him, when Chris Hansen emerges to confront him. Be sure to go to our sponsors: BetterHelp.com/Hansen and HelloFresh.com/Hansen.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
38 min
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58: NO CHRIS! - Lawrence's reaction to seeing C...
Charles Lawrence was a potential predator confronted in the Hansen vs. Predator series on Crime Watch Daily. He is best known for being a fellow commuter and acquaintance of Chris Hansen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
39 min
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57: Nick Cocos: The Dopey Predator
After appearing on the Riverside County To Catch a Predator sting in January, 2006, Cocos was convicted of attempted child molestation and sentenced to 18 months in prison. He served a year in prison for credit card fraud and weapons charges prior to arriving his child molesting charges. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
37 min
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56: "I've never been the same since I was deplo...
Stephen Buchanan was a suspected predator caught in the Fairfiled, CT sting. He is notable for being a solider in the Iraq War and for the possibility that he was going to kill the decoy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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55: Cowboy-pedophile, Thomas Coffen
Meet 31-year-old Thomas Coffen. He appeared on To Catch a Predator after making a date online for sex with a girl pretending to be 14. He tells her “I am into young girls. I like them better than the older girls” and he goes further, admitting he’s done this before. When the decoy types “How young have you dated,” he says “14.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
42 min
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55: The Cowboy-Pedophile, Thomas Coffen
Meet 31-year-old Thomas Coffen. He appeared on To Catch a Predator after making a date online for sex with a girl pretending to be 14. He tells her “I am into young girls. I like them better than the older girls” and he goes further, admitting he’s done this before. When the decoy types “How young have you dated,” he says “14.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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54: I'll use this noodle so you can use my othe...
David Demers was a 31 year old teacher at a technical college in Orlando when he began chatting with a girl he believed to be fourteen named "Anni". He initiates in platonic friendly chat, but gradually goes into grooming talk, testing her boundaries, and introducing the girl to sexual terms and innuendo. The testing of the waters continues until Demers asks the girl to sleep with him while comparing himself to her ex-boyfriend. Demers would go as far as send various pictures of his penis in various poses asking how his penis compared to that of a thirteen-year-old boy. The chat continued for nearly a month with Demers making a date to go to the trap house for a sexual encounter with the girl.   Please support our sponsors this week, Better Help & Hello Fresh See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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53: "I can tell you're a therapist!" - John Wes...
Elliott is a potential predator involved in the Bowling Green, Kentucky predator sting. He is best known for his lewd screen name "bald_beaver_hunter42025". Elliott was 39 years old when he started chatting with a girl he believed to be twelve years old with the screen name "dreamin_of_fairies". Twelve minutes into the chat, he mentions his hobbies are computers and taking pictures of himself masturbating. He then transmits those pictures to the decoy and says he wants to stand outside her window and masturbate in front of her. They chat back and forth for over a month. On the day of the sting, Elliott drives two and a half hours from Benton, KY. Upon meeting the decoy, Casey, at the door, he immediately asks to go to the bathroom. When he comes out, he compliments her on her looks. As Casey starts to question him about what they're going to do, he figures out something is wrong and starts to backpedal on his intentions. This brings out Chris. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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52: "We all have our fetishes." – Michael Warre...
Michael Andrew Warrecker is a potential predator featured in the Long Beach, California edition of To Catch A Predator. He is best known for his infamously lewd screen name and a proclivity and willingness to suck blood. Michael, a 29-year-old computer technician, began chatting with a girl he believed to be thirteen named "Kiera". In just two minutes from when they begin their chat, Warrecker wants to know if she has a rape fetish. When the decoy says that is creepy, he says it is just a rough sex fantasy.  And it goes from there. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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51: “THAT AIN’T MINE! NO!” - Corey Edgar denyin...
Corey, 32, started chatting with a girl named “Shyanne”, whom he believed to be twelve years old. Corey starts off by offering to give oral sex. After being told she was twelve, Corey presses the issue and already plans to come to her house and sends pics of his penis. Corey makes a declaration that he would never meet an underage girl for sex, telling her he is going to report her to Yahoo, but yet he continues to chat with her and immediately asks for her address. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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50: "mmmm i don kno--i dont f____ guys- but if ...
Robert Emmett Lyons was 68 years old at the time he started chatting with a boy he believed to be thirteen years old named "David". He immediately begins the chat offering money for oral sex. After finding out the boy's age, he still leaves the proposition open. Robert knocks a staggering 40 years off his age and says he's 28, a "bottom guy", wears women's clothing, and will pay for sex. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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49: Have a slice! – Jeff Sokol
Jeffrey B. Sokol was a suspected predator caught in the Fairfield, CT sting. He is notable for really liking pizza and his arrogant attitude like he was the victim in the bust.  44-year-old Sokol groomed what he thought was a thirteen-year-old girl named Bailey online. He had some conversations with her, including talks of drawing up a “marriage contract“ in order for everything to be legal. On October 3rd, 2015, he drove for two and a half hours from his home in Boston to Fairfield, where he had planned to stay with the girl while her mother was away on business. He picked up a pizza, and once at the house, he tried to hug the decoy, only to meet Chris Hansen.  At first Sokol believed Hansen was the girl's father. During the interview he is arrogant, cold, dismissive, and egotistical. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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48: “I’m not telling you a lie, sir!” - Ernest ...
Ernest Timmons was a United States Air Force Technical Sergeant, 33 at the time of his confrontation on TCAP and shortly about to be deployed to Iraq, was caught chatting with "Michelle", a girl he believed to be thirteen years old. He continually asked the girl about the naughty things she's done. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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47: “I would so love to be beaten up by you!” –...
Lance Edward Fine was a suspected predator involved in the Flagler Beach, Florida edition of To Catch a Predator.  Lance a 35-year-old waiter at the time of his involvement on the program, engaged in a chat with “Derek”, a boy he believed to be fourteen. After meeting in a gay.com chat room, Lance starts to talk about how cute the boy looks, shows a penis pic, and then goes into his humiliation fantasies about wanting to be beaten senseless by him and to be used as his human toilet. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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46: "Ewps!" -Michael Jason Seibert
Michael Jason Seibert was a potential predator featured in the Riverside and Long Beach investigations.  Seibert is notable for being one of the only Predators in the series to be caught twice (the other being John Kennelly). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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45: Two Predators at the Same Time!
In this episode, remarkably Chris interviews two predators at the same time!  Safraz Khan and Yazin Asfour.  These were two predators that made TCAP history at 3:00AM at the Flagler Beach house investigation. Safraz Khan is a 25 year old psychology student who came from Guyana when he was ten, started chatting with who he believed to be a thirteen year old girl named "Kiana". He then started to talk about sex, mentioning how big his penis is and the things they could do together. Yazan Asfour, aka slave2mistresses, is a suspected predator known for his fetish to be a "human toilet" as well as arriving at the same time as fellow attempted molester Safraz Khan. You don’t want to miss this episode! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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44: Predators I’ve Caught Fan Questions
I loved all the great questions you have sent me.  I read and listen to them all, I promise.  So this week, we have grabbed a few at random, and I’ll answer them in this episode.  If you don’t hear your question, don’t worry, I will get to it.  If you enjoy this episode, let me know and we’ll get to all the questions you send in…verbally and written! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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