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Do the "To-Catch-a-Predator" decoys ever get turned over to the police by non-pedophiles?

Asked by tedd (14088points) June 4th, 2012

In watching that hilarious and at the same time terrifying show I always wondered. Were there ever any guys who chatted with the decoy, who as far as they knew was some under age kid trying to have sex with older guys, who turned the kid into the police or tried to call their “parents?”

Had to be right? I mean aside from there being chat rooms on the internet still, that was the most astonishing thing to me…. no one ever was like, yah I’ll be there in an hour, and then a cop shows up to talk to the kid and his parents.

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Blackberry's avatar

I would like to know as well. There has to be at least a few cases out there, even though it is obviously a majority of people actually trying to bone minors, lol.

augustlan's avatar

God, I kind of hope so. It’d be depressing to think that not one of those people was a decent human being…

tedd's avatar

I mean it’s safe to assume they probably wouldn’t show it if it happened, or at least not often… cuz they’re trying to keep you entertained and shocked.. that would defeat the entire purpose. But I do wonder about it.

LittleLemon's avatar

Not entirely the same, but

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