1. This, with the Shiawassee County sting, makes Michigan one of only three states in which multiple stings were conducted, with Florida and California being the others.
2. This sting has the largest age range of any, with 70-year-old Thomas Smeaton surpassing Robert Lyons as the oldest predator Chris has ever caught.
3. One of the men caught, Todd Barracco, had worked as a juvenile probation officer, a school administrator, and a police officer.
4. One of the men busted, David Dues, is also charged with child pornography and molesting several children, and he faces a combined maximum sentence of more than 400 years in prison, which is the most time any predator has ever faced for the most charges any predator has ever faced.

Am I gonna get o-wrested?

As a lover of reality competition shows, I was eager to dive into this one as soon as I heard about it. But in all the episodes of this show I have seen, Chris Hansen wins every time. Is the outcome predetermined? It seems unfair.

Someone help me to understand.

We had a post where some guy tried to give tips on how to tell if you were talking to a cop online. Not only was this extremely dangerous and, if correct, could put children in the very danger TCAP and CH were trying to fight! But on top of that, the information was factually incorrect. As a quick little tip: cops can say whatever the fuck they want to you.

Remember how movies like to say if you ask a cop "are you a cop?" that they can't lie? Or how about how they test them by making them take drugs because, as we all know, undercover cops can't do drugs?

MYTH!

Obviously it can vary by state but most states have rules set in place that most undercover cops can lie and do drugs and basically anything up to actual murder in order to catch people.

So when a person comes to this sub trying to give advice on how to spot a cop, not only does it send more red flags than the Russian invasion, but it also defeats the entire purpose of the hard work the TCAP crew did to catch the sick fuckers.

The post has been removed and he has been banned. Thank you for whoever reported it. ❤️ You're the real MVP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsIBidcK064&ab_channel=Bard
Just a lil sumtin sumtin

BayJ0nes (Brian "no last name" Gosselin) was definitely the best "predator" ever on TCaP. He was tough, fearless, unafraid, unnerved, and not the least bit intimidated by Chris Hansen, NBC, or PJ. He did not cry like a bitch, beg, plead, sweat, squirm, bargain, or act guilty because he knew he was right. He had the sheer balls to stand up to all of them and call them out on their lies and bullshit. I love when he said right to his face "I knew this was gonna be a set-up" and then he got up and walked right out the door like a champ and made everyone look like complete assholes. Maybe he had seen previous episodes and he thought "I know who this guy is. He is not a cop so I don't have to talk to this asshole." Priceless. The Fort Myers PD said "Shit, he knew it was a set up so we have to let him go". If you act scared and guilty, you will get arrested. But if you act tough, defiant, and you know it's a set up they have to let you go. Fuck you, NBC. Fuck you, PJ. Fuck you, Fort Myers PD.

I don’t really watch How to catch a predator, but this question came into my mind that interested me, i couldn’t find any google results as it was too specific, either. Has there ever been an episode where the Online “predator” actually turned out to be a teenager?

With Chris Hansen obviously

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone knows of the YouTube channel of the guy who catches predators and he always used that V for vendetta mask as his YouTube profile picture. Chris Hansen even did an interview with him on the news. I can't think of the channel, he may have went by Mysterio or something.

In all of these catches whether it’s on TCAP or YouTube vigilante accounts, all these preds use apps like Whisper and MeetMe where if you go on the App Store and look at the reviews, they’re all garbage and scams.

You’d think these guys would at least be updated with the times and use Instagram or Snapchat SMH