Dateline: To catch a predator

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Originally Posted by Necee419

Friday night on NBC, I caught Dateline. It was the "To Catch a Predator" segment where they have a decoy pose as a 13 year old girl in an internet chat room and they catch grown adult men having sexually explicit conversations with her. They have the girl tell these men that she is alone and when the men actually show up at the house, they get arrested. I was completely nauseous. These men were absolutely disgusting. The things they said to this 13 year old. One man was a respected cancer doctor. He asked the girl what her bra size was. The decoy said her breasts were small because they were still growing and he said "don't worry, I'll kiss them for you." He was one of the ones that showed up at the house and started crying when he got arrested. The reason I am posting this is because I want to warn any of you with children to please monitor their internet exposure. These creatures are here waiting to snag our children. It is so scary. And this does not just apply to young girls. One time I saw a segment where the decoy posed as a 16 year old boy and one disgusting animal actually showed up at the house naked under his rain coat!! So please ladies, please be careful with your children. It is so scary to think that even while your children are in your home, "safe" in their rooms, they still can be victimized.

One of our local news stations set up a similar situation over in Byram (about 48 miles east of here in south Jackson - and where my son (13 year old) plays on a select tournament baseball team). The ballpark my son's team plays out of and practices out of, there are (or should I say WERE) 2 13 year old teams. The head coach of the other team was busted in the sting We have known this guy the 2 years we've been playing over there and affiliated with that park and had NO clue!!! He hid it very well. When caught and asked (on camera mind you so we ALL saw him), he said he wasn't soliciting anything, he was going over there to tell her what she was doing was wrong and she needed to stop! Yea, right - with condoms in your pocket you were gonna tell her that!!! They read his IM's that he had typed her telling her he could "teach her a few things". Sad thing is he has a 13 year old boy and an 8 year old daughter - wife refused to bail him out of jail (none of his family bailed him out - he said in jail for 4 days before somebody got him out). By the time he got out of jail, his wife had already been to the lawyers office, packed her things, and moved!!! I just can't believe we were that close to a freaking pedophile and had no clue!!!!! The stories they showed on Dateline and the one our local news did is just disgusting!