Predators I’ve Caught with Chris Hansen

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 the beginning of the chat he claims that he did not realize the girl was only thirteen. Artie wastes no time and asks the girl if she is ok that he is thirty-seven, to which she replies yes. Artie then tells the girl that he is only looking for one thing. When the girl asks what it is he says that he is only looking for sex. Chris Hansen had other ideas.   This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 he was re-arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, and driving with a revoked license and no insurance. He went back to jail but the charges were eventually dropped and now he’s out on $50k bond.   This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 give him oral sex without her having to kneel down. Alan arrives at the sting house and is immediately greeted by Chris Hansen, shaking his hand and sitting on the stool. When asked how old he was, Chernay only responds with, "I'm old." After further questioning, Alan breaks down, saying, "I'm out of my mind, I just can't believe it."   This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, introduced himself as her lover, and sent pictures to prove how muscular he was. According to Koujababian, he was looking for a partner online. He inquired about the decoy's desire to date an older man. Then Koujababian made a joke about the decoy being a cop. He declared that they would have to keep their relationship a secret from her parents since he didn't want to be set up. Koujababian acknowledged having a foot fetish after discussing a variety of subjects. Immediately afterward Koujababian went up to the same decoy while assuming the identity of a different man who was 30 and used the name "marcusfuller2003." He claimed the decoy could refer to him as "black daddy" and requested that she take her clothes off. That’s when Chris stepped in. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 could take the decoy's virginity in the hot tub after she revealed that she was a virgin and owned said hot tub. Blagg said he would bring chocolate-flavored condoms when the decoy inquired whether he would bring condoms. Blagg drives an hour and 45 minutes to the sting house. He starts conversation with the decoy, but is then met by Chris.   This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 droves to the sting house. When he entered the house, Lee was confronted by Chris. Lee even admitted to seeing Dateline NBC's previous To Catch a Predator broadcasts, and having a 19 year old son and 15 year old daughter. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 was on birth control, whether she had ever shaved her genitalia, and if she had interacted with older men online. He said to the decoy that he didn't want his wife to learn about them having sex together. While there wasn’t any sex…his wife sure learned about the encounter. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 wasn’t a nice person several times, even calling himself a pervert, perhaps trying to get the decoy to stop chatting with him when he himself could have blocked her if he really didn’t want the chat to develop into anything sexual. He would also admit to watching To Catch A Predator, calling it, “pretty funny." Deepak would cave to temptation and come to Flagler Beach for sex with the decoy and an unexpected meeting with Chris.   This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 girl, and then possibly have sex with the father. The police decoy also said that his 'daughter' enjoyed milkshakes, with Donnie promising to bring one with him. Once a meeting was organized, Donnie drove ninety minutes all the way from New Palestine, Indiana to Montgomery, Ohio for an unexpected run-in with Chris. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 with her if she desired it. Stephens-Tun drove two hours from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Darke County, Ohio in order to meet the decoy at a sting house. Instead, he ran into Chris. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 his attempts to cover his tracks, Ed_in_NYC's efforts were far from convincing, leading to some unintentionally humorous one-liners along the way. Ed_in_NYC remains one of the memorable figures among the first predators Chris ever apprehended. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 claimed to be twenty and was considered a "fast mover" because of how fast he traveled to the sting house to meet the decoy after only two chat sessions over a period of three days. Surprisingly, Andre became the very last man to show up at the Riverside sting house. Although many in the TCaP community think little of him, he is considered a "hidden gem" by some due to how anxious he appears to be while being interviewed by Chris. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 maintained his assertions that the decoy was jailbait and that it was against the law to have inappropriate contact with her. On January 7, 2006, Burks struck up a conversation and declared that while they would meet a few times, "nothing serious" would take place. All he wanted to do, he claimed, was to "kick back," and he didn't want to go out or get her any alcohol since doing so would "open a Pandora's box." He stated that if he came over, he couldn't stay very long He promised to arrive for between one and two hours so they could watch a movie. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, came out to lure him in. William, looking like he hasn't showered in weeks, complains to the decoy that she didn't have to shower. As he gets in the house, he wants to follow the decoy to her room where she said she was going to change in. Once Chris comes out of the curtains, he racewalks out of the house, saying Nope as he exits. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 wants to come over and make out, get naked, and finger her. He drove to the sting house and was greeted by Chris. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or the Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices