To Catch a Predator (TCAP) got their hands on many people who were sent to jail. Most of them are now out and trying to live normal lives; they are working jobs and also starting families. Some have also gone to learn new skills or increase their education level.
Some of the people snagged on the program no longer live in the U.S. as they were returned to their motherland after being found guilty in court. One such person is Safraz Khan, who was taken back to Guyana.
You also have those who have kicked the bucket. About eight of the predators from Catch a Predator have gone to the world of the dead. Stanley Kendall died of illness while Maurice Wolin ended his life.
Only a small handful of the predators from TCAP remain in jail to date. There is Jean Pierre Wehry, who was sentenced to 50 Years to life in prison because his conviction was his 4th for a felony, thus offending the three strike principles.
Synopsis of To Catch a Predator
To Catch a Predator is an American reality series that was aired on the NBC news magazine program Dateline NBC from 2004 to 2007. It was hosted by Chris Hansen and was targeted at exposing predators, i.e., older individuals who prey on underage persons for sex. To achieve their aim, the producers of TCAP worked together with Perverted Justice, an activist group aimed at tackling the menace of adults using online mediums to lure underage persons into sexual relations.
Together with Perverted Justice, To Catch a Predator set up sting operations in multiple communities. They basically hired individuals who could pass as underage persons, and these persons joined online chat groups. They talked with several adults, and when these adults proposed having sexual relations with them, they “agreed”.
The adult predator is then invited for a physical meet-up with the supposed underage person. At the point of the meet-up, law enforcement will now swoop in and arrest the person. Of course, all these, from the chats to arrests, were documented and were broadcasted on TCAP.
TCAP and Perverted Justice carried out their sting operations in ten towns, namely Bethpage, Long Island, New York; Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia; Greenville, Ohio; Fort Myers, Florida; Fortson, Georgia; Petaluma, California; Long Beach, California; Flagler Beach, Florida; Bowling Green, Kentucky; Murphy, Texas.
They arrested over 100 individuals, all men, and the majority of them were charged with various offenses such as attempting lewd acts with a child, possessing child pornography, etc. Some were, however, not made to answer for what they did in court because the way the proof against them was gotten was not in a good way.
A whole lot of people were watching To Catch a Predator when it was on TV. It was so well known that even Congress talked them up for busting people that prey on kids. They were also negatives. Some people said that when you catch individuals and put their face on TV for all to see, you have already said they are guilty and punished them without any court saying so.
Some also said that the whole process was like enticing people to do something criminal and then turning back to arrest them and take them to the court. There were also those who wondered whether the major concern was doing justice and fighting abuse or if it was just about getting the most number of people to tune in.
To Catch a Predator Was Hosted by Chris Hansen
The person who took charge of To Catch a Predator and told viewers all that was going on was Chris Hansen. Hansen would go to the house where the whole stuff was going down to square up to the predators and tell them that they have been implicated.
It seems Chris has a knack for programs on TV where crime is the major focus. Asides from To Catch a Predator, he has served as on the host on shows such as Crime Watch Daily or Killer Instinct. He also does stuff on YouTube and has been given accolades for his work
Since To Catch a Predator waved goodbye after its final episode, efforts have been made by Hansen to bring it back to life even if it will answer a new name. There has been a TV show titled Hansen v Predator, which was successful but only partly and did not even run for long.
If you are presently looking for Chris Hansen, then go to TruBlu. This is a streaming platform that is all about true crime. There, you will find Takedown with Chris Hansen. The program has been on since 2022 and is just the same as To Catch a Predator.
First, Hansen will go online and be looking for adults who seek underage persons to engage with. He reels them in and helps law enforcement apprehend them for possible persecution.
In April 2023, Hansen came to know a 70-year-old man who was showing enthusiasm for sleeping with a thirteen year old girl and her dad. Hansen told the cops what was up and they joined hands together to draw the man out and arrest him. This was in Dayton, Ohio and the man was later taken to court for trying to ask a minor under the age of 13 to get involved in sex.
Hansen later asked the man was what up with him and he said doctors told him he was suffering from a “love disorder” or some sexual deviancy. The whole drama aired in Episode 1, Season 4 of Takedown with Chris Hansen.
There is also a podcast, Predators I’ve Caught, since 2020, and Hansen takes charge of it. In it, he talks about some of the cases from TCAP that many people can never get out of memory. If there is any update on any of the people caught, he also gives it. He also speaks to loyal fans. Over a hundred episodes of the podcast are around.
The work that Chris Hansen does also made him to almost be arrested. There was one time that Hansen and others caught three men who were trying to sleep with girls that are not up to legal age. This was in Owosso, Michigan and a judge asked Hansen to come to court to show videos of the whole thing that he had with him. On the day he was asked to come, he refused. So, the judge said they should arrest him. This was in July 2021 but Hansen was later able to sort the whole thing out.
You saw me question them. You saw law enforcement arrest them. Now see their fate! The latest episode of Takedown with Chris Hansen is out! https://t.co/6lrbo1CqdL pic.twitter.com/RvoI2uV5J9
— Chris Hansen (@chrishansen) June 30, 2023
To Catch a Predator Cast
Chris Hansen was not the only person we were seeing on TCAP. Others are Ann Curry and Phillip Stone, both newspersons. There are also the likes of Rochelle Therrien, Emily Bicks, Del Harvey, and Dan Schrak, who participated in the whole drama operation to lure predators in.
Law enforcement officers and private investigators were also involved in TCAP. Finally, numerous predators are also among the cast members of TCAP. The series tracked hundreds of men, and many, at least 98, were prosecuted in the courts of law.
List of TCAP Cast Members
- Stone Phillips (Self/Host)
- Del Harvey (Self/Decoy)
- Dennis Kerr (Self/Perverted Justice CFO)
- Ann Curry (Self/Host)
- Dan Schrack (Decoy)
- Emily Bicks (Self/Decoy)
- Teri Schroeder (Self/iSafe CEO)
- Hilton Daniels (Self/Police chief)
- Rochelle Therrien (Self/Decoy)
- Casey Mauro (Self/Decoy)
- Lindsay Faye Wagner (Self/Decoy)
- Matthew Stapleton (Self/Police sergeant)
- Mike Burns (Self/Detective)
- Tony Knotts (Self/Investigator)
- Mike Jolley (Self/Harris County sheriff)
- Samantha Cope (Self/Decoy)
- Dani Miura (Self/Decoy)
- Lee Debrabander (Self/Police sergeant)
To Catch a Predator List of Predators
- Abhilash Bhaskaran
- Abraham Koujababian
- Aladdin Shamoun
- Alan Chernay
- Alonzo Hampton Wade
- Alvin Hall
- Alvin King
- Andre Jackson
- Andrew Lewis
- Anoosh Pajand
- Anthony Palumbo
- Anthony Phillips
- Anthony Sorrentino
- Anurag Tiwari
- Arturo Chirino
- Asif Khokhar
- Brandon Franklin
- Brian Dory
- Brian Emmons
- Brian Gosselin
- Brian Lindsey
- Brian Ruffino
- Chandra Nunna
- Charles Gregory Green
- Charles Harding
- Charles Lawrence
- Charles McAllister
- Chris Raynor
- Chris Urban
- Christopher Cannon
- Christopher Cothrum
- Clifford Wallach
- Cody Green
- Corey Ahia
- Corey Edgar
- Corye Blagg
- Dallas Lee
- Dan Allen
- Daniel Figueroa
- Daniel Peter Kelly
- Daniel Pulido
- Daniel Trust
- Danny Swinney
- DarkHero73
- Daryl Medley
- David Demers
- David Frandsen
- David Hilbish
- David Pann
- David Russell
- David Schumacher
- David Tiriolo
- David Wagner
- Davut Ozkan
- Deepak Bist
- Denis Coulson
- Dennis Ramsey
- Dennis Thomas
- Donald Morrison
- Donnie Vaughn
- Dustin McPhetridge
- Dwayne Chisholm
- Eddie Chan
- Eddie Paek
- Edward Hollingsworth V
- Elias Bailon
- Ellahzar Henson
- Eric Gamonal
- Eric Rubalcava
- Eric Thornton
- Erik Pallesen
- Ernest Timmons
- Ernesto Linayao
- Eugene Daily
- Farzad Kalantari
- Fernando Bernal
- Frank Sierras
- Fredi Fernandez
- Gabor Nagy
- George Cleary
- Gerald White
- Gilbert Sutherland
- Glenn Mitchell
- Gopichand Pai
- Greg Karnos
- Gregory Diederich
- Gregory Stewart
- Harold Higley
- Henry Guzman
- Howard Thornton III
- Inderjeet Singh
- Jason Cason
- James Wiles
- James Cisneros
- James Klein
- James Marcotte
- James Rutherford
- Jason Schoeppner
- Jaswinder Cheema
- Jay Reffner
- Jean Erick Saintil
- Jean Pierre Wehry
- Jeff Sokol
- Jeffrey Beck
- Jeffrey Couture
- Jeffrey Stacy
- Jeremy Keister
- Jeremy Todd West
- Jerry Griffitt
- Jerry Martin-Kosis
- Jesse Velez
- Jim Rauch
- Joe Wunderler
- John Adam Daniels
- John Baker
- John Christopher Weaver
- John Dupee
- John Elliott
- John Frantz
- John Kennelly
- John Mahon
- John P. Donnelly
- Jonathan Stemen
- Jose “Pepe” Falcon
- Joseph Federico
- Joseph Myrick
- Joseph Roisman
- Joshua Colon
- Joshua Larios
- Joshua Tuttle
- Josiah Walker
- Juan Carlos Gutierrez
- Justin Estes
- Justin Smith
- Justo Benavides
- Karampal Singh Nakai
- Keith Williams
- Kenneth Brinkman
- Kenneth Forton
- Kevin Carroll
- Kevin Westerbeck
- Kurt Lemke
- Lance Fine
- Lee Greer
- Loren Hayden
- Lorne Armstrong
- Louis Conradt
- Luciano Dimas
- Mahadevaswamy Chandrashekaraiah
- Malik Washington
- Manuel Uson
- Mark Baggette
- Maroof Farooq
- Marshall Girtman
- Marvin Harrison Smith II
- Marvin Lakhan
- Matthew Bland
- Matthew Cogburn
- Matthew Daly
- Matthew Nash
- Maurice Ruiz
- Maurice Wolin
- Michael Burks
- Michael Collins
- Michael Gentile
- Michael Joseph Patterson
- Michael Lubrano
- Michael Manzi
- Michael Meyers
- Michael Murray
- Michael Popovich
- Michael Reyes
- Michael Seibert
- Michael Warrecker
- Michael Wilusz
- Miguel Lozoya
- Mike Vestal
- Mohamad Abdalla
- Musti Quotiza
- Nathan Downhour
- Nicholas Bailey
- Nicholas Cocos
- Norberto Avalos
- Oanh Le
- Patrick Parr
- Paul Clemente
- Paul Constantinescu
- Paul Westwood
- Peter Christopher Moore
- Peter Ernandez
- Peter Sciacca
- Phillip Jaruhungsin
- Pulkit Mathur
- Qays Mahjoob
- Rabbi David Kaye
- Rafiullah Ahmadi
- Ramin Sarajari
- Randall Wolford
- Raul Antonio Brenes
- Reymundo Anguiano
- Richard Burnham
- Richard Watwood
- Richer Breault
- Rob Culbertson
- Robb Kline
- Robert Graber
- Robert Lyons
- Robert Salinas
- Robert Williams
- Roberto Forte
- Roger Brummit
- Rolando Restocruz
- Ronnell Stephens-Tun
- Ryan Hogan
- Ryan McIntosh
- Safraz Khan
- Sajjad Mohammed
- Samuel Harrison
- Satinder Thind
- Savio Noronha
- Scott Smith
- Sean Lee
- Sebastian Rodriguez
- Selvan Galeano
- Selwyn Knights
- Shaka Khan
- Spencer Cho
- Stanley Kendall
- Stephen Buchanan
- Stephen Coates
- Stephen Holt
- Steven Bennof
- Steven Cartlidge
- Steven Reddington
- Terry Warner
- Thomas Bodnar
- Thomas Campbell
- Thomas Coffen
- Thomas Moffitt
- Thomas Shin
- Timothy Gilliam
- Timothy Isaac
- Timothy Knowles
- Timothy Kyne
- Todd Barraco
- Todd Lewis
- Todd Spikes
- Todd West
- Vaikunth Soundarajan
- Victor Wells
- Vincent Ambrosio
- Walter Babst
- William Dow
- William Hare
- William Havey
- William Roach
- William Rowell
- Yancy Wallace
- Yazan Asfour
- Ziegfeld Rivera
Where are The Predators Now?
Many of the predators that were caught on To Catch a Predator have finished serving their jail terms and are now trying to go on with their normal lives. Some are finding it hard to get employed and hold down jobs, such as John Kennelly. Some, like Vincent Ambrosia, are in rehab facilities to treat their child porn addiction issues reportedly. Some, like Kevin Westerbeck, have moved back in with their parents while trying to hold down jobs.
Predators That Are Dead
Some of persons that To Catch a Predator exposed have gone to join the world of the dead. Amongst them is Stanley Kendall, who was caught in the Murphy, Texas operation. It was issues from colon cancer that killed him on May 31, 2017. The age he was at that time was 64.
Maurice Wolin is a doctor and in Petaluma, California, he was caught. Long and hard he fought in court so as not to be found guilty but succeed he did not. He was delisted from being a doctor and the sex offender’s register saw his name written there. At some point, Wolin said he was no longer going to live in the U.S. and packed to Singapore. On January 6, 2021, he killed himself. 62 is the age he never surpassed.
In Greenville, Ohio, Jeffrey Douglas Stacy was caught. The court later said he should go to the prison for a period of half a year because he was trying to be involved in sex with a girl underage. The court also said that for a period of a decade, the name Jeffrey Douglas Stacy will be on the register of sex offenders.
After he left jail, Jeffrey tried to live normally. In 2017, he entered into marital union with a lady by named – Leann Cundiff Shaw. On 22 February 2021, he was found dead in his car after being in the vehicle for two days. The deep exam that was done afterward showed that Jeffrey had drugs of an illegal type in his system and that he killed himself knowingly,
Those That Died In Jail
Let’s now go to New York to hear about the predator – Ernest Clayton Timmons. Before he found himself in legal hot water, Ernest was a sergeant in the Air Force. After his arrest, he stayed in the house of the police for six months. The army on the other hand was taking the long steps to kick him out. While still in the police custody, Ernest got sick. The medical type of attention was given to him but he said no to taking his drugs. He later died.
Over in Fort Meyers, Florida, there was Donald Leroy Morrison Jr. He was trying to use the online medium to get a child involved in sex/lewdness. The court said he should go to jail and not come out until 9 months have passed. The register of sex offenders was also to have his name until he died. Die he did on October 13, 2022. He was 65 years old, and the cause of his death is not known.
For trying to have sex with a boy not up to legal age and also looking to get sexual images of a child, Charles Carlton Harding was caught in Riverside, California. He was brought before the court of law and they gave him bail at an amount so high, i.e., $500K. He couldn’t meet up and so stayed in jail waiting for his trial to start. While there, he stopped taking the meds that would help his blood pressure. On 10th August 2006, he died a 66-year-old man.
Similar to Harding’s matter is James Wayne Wiles’. Pornography and other nasty things saw his involvement. While waiting for the time he will go to court, he stopped taking a drug that doctors said was important for his health. He died in 2010. One of his daughters came to see him in his final hours and took a picture of him on his deathbed. It is said that he molested them.
The Ones Still in Jail
Only a handful of the predators caught in To Catch a Predator are still in jail. There is Jean Pierre Wehry, who was apprehended in California. He did various things that had to do with sexual activities with minors. So, the court said he was guilty. To make matters worse, the people in charge looked through their records. Three prior felony convictions, thus violating the three strikes law of California, were found under Wehry’s name.
In 2009, a judge said he should go to jail for 75 years. This was later reduced to 50 years. Jean Pierre Wehry remains in jail. He has been asking for parole but they keep on turning him down. The next time he can apply is April 2025.
David Kaye, a rabbi, was caught in Virginia. He was originally sentenced to six and half years in jail and ten years of supervised release in 2006. He finished his jail term in 2012 but has since violated the terms of his probation multiple times: refusing to register as a sex offender, getting unapproved access to the internet, viewing pornography, etc. He is presently in jail in Alexandria City, Virginia.
Predators Told to Leave the USA
Some of the people snagged on To Catch a Predator were citizens of America while some were not. So, for those not citizens, the extra suffering that was given them was removing them from America.
One example is Safraz Khan. Khan originally came from Guyana and was able to become a PR. Flagler Beach, Florida, was where he was living at the time he fell into trouble. By the time his trial was over in 2008, he was sentenced to a prison term of 15 months, lifetime registration as a sex offender, and five years’ probation. Once Khan was found guilty, immigration took him. They tried to send him back to Guyana but he went to the courts to fight his removal. By 2015, he completely failed and to Guyana he returned.
Another predator that is believed to have been deported is Mahadevaswamy Chandrashekaraiah, who was caught in Greenville, Ohio. The common belief is that he is from India and this is where he was returned to.
There is also Davut Ozkan. In Ohio, Greenville, he was caught and the court said he should serve 65 days in jail and also register for his lifetime as a sex offender. Ozkan was taken back and dumped in his active Turkey. Some are now saying that he may have committed suicide.
If you were a fan of TCAP back in the day and you will really want to keep on knowing what happed to the people caught, then be going to their fandom page from time to time. There is also Hansen’s podcast. Tune in to it and you will get what you want. He even looks for some of the predators and interviews the few willing to talk for the public to hear.
Why Was To Catch a Predator Canceled?
At first, TCAP brought in lots of watchers and also got lots of praises. But after some years, the trouble it was causing became too much. More and more people were looking at their method of doing things with disapproval. There were also lawsuits.
For instance, in July 2007, NBC was slapped with a $105 million lawsuit after one of the predators shown on To Catch a Predator, Bill Conradt Jr., killed himself. Bill Conradt Jr. was a native of Kaufman County, Texas. He studied law and qualified as an attorney. He then spent his career in both public and private service. He served as the district attorney of Kaufman County from 1980 to 2002. By 2006, he was the chief felony assistant district attorney (ADA) for Rockwall County, Texas. He was unmarried and well-respected by his colleagues.
At some point, Bill was online chatting with someone he thought was underage. It turned out to be a TCAP operation. On the day Bill was supposed to show up, he did not. TCAP host, Hansen, decided that they should go to his house and confront him there. The police were able to get a warrant, and the TV crew proceeded to that place. When Bill saw them, he shot himself dead rather than face the shame of what was to come.
In July 2007, Bill’s sister sued NBC and alleged that they had contributed to her brother killing himself. The suit was later settled out of court, but the sum involved was not disclosed. However, NBC must have parted with a good sum. How the whole case of Bill went down further soured people’s mind towards TCAP and it was cancelled that same year. Therefore To Catch a Predator was cancelled because it was more trouble than it’s worth.
