Pedophiles Flock to Jersey Shore for Spot on "To Catch a Predator"

Dateline NBC's series To Catch A Predator has become an instant hit among, well, mostly everybody. We all know the storyline - a pedophile arranges an in-person rendezvous with a youngster who turns out to be an adult. Let the fun begin.

Last weekend the good folks from TCAP visited the Jersey Shore area to round up some of the areas Internet-savvy kiddie touchers. And, like every episode, the "first timers" hailed from a nice variety of
Pedophiles Flock to Jersey Shore for Spot on "To Catch a Predator"
 backgrounds.

Among the 28 male "suspects"- a convicted sex offender, an Air Force mechanic and a school bus driver. In total, four states (PA, NJ, CT, NY) will be making donations to the New Jersey prison system for attempted sexual assault and luring charges.

Each episode also features live bate- an individual of legal age posing as a youngster, eager to learn the language of love.

"You don't realize it's around until it's staring you in the face and they're saying, 'Let's go upstairs,'" said Casey, the New Jersey "youngster". Her last name is not given for obvious reasons.

"Some of the guys are just plain disgusting and think it's fine to do something with a 13-year-old," Casey said.

It went down like this....

Known watchdog group Perverted Justice made the first call to county authorities.

"They had evidence of a large number in online pedophiles who expressed a strong desire to come to Ocean County and engage in sexual acts with what they believed to be children between the ages of 12 and 15 years old," Ocean County Prosecutor Thomas Kelaher said.

"One guy drove here six hours on his motorcycle from Pennsylvania to get here," Casey said.

The potential kiddie touchers ranged in age from 21 to 60, and one by one they arrived at the Mantoloking, NJ home. Each one is probably familiar with TCAP, as well as the odds of actually getting caught. They probably had to reassure themselves that everything was gonna be ok; that what they thought they were about to do was harmless. In hindsight, they probably felt guilty about it too.

 
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I missed this one but have seem many of them. Great article!!!!

Posted on 04/13/2009 at 3:04:23 PM

Wow! I just saw the episode last night and I live in Ocean County. There are indeed allot of creepy, sick, & stupid men out there but that's mostly anywhere!!!! You have to be careful. I was not aware of the filming in Ocean County during that time.

Posted on 07/26/2007 at 9:07:00 AM

Excellent article.

Posted on 04/07/2007 at 9:04:00 PM

I boosted you and Dugg as well....There must be someone out there that really hates you- or your stuff. My word.

Posted on 04/06/2007 at 7:04:00 AM

Yeah. I'm with Sarah, this article should not be so low rated. It was well-written and informative. Never underestimate the seducing power of being on television even if you are a pervert. It is so creepy and sad. Great article. Bye

Posted on 04/05/2007 at 12:04:00 PM

Even more shocking than the content of your article is the fact that it is so lowly rated. Here's a boost and digg from me. Thanks for writing this article.

Posted on 04/04/2007 at 10:04:00 AM

I think this is my favorite title so far. Great article, Anthony.

Posted on 04/04/2007 at 12:04:00 AM

Anthony, if this was dated two days earlier I would have no doubt it was an April Fools Day joke!

Posted on 04/03/2007 at 5:04:00 PM

Just when you think it's safe to go back to the beach... ewww ick. You wrote this very well and it was a great read.

Posted on 04/03/2007 at 2:04:00 PM

Amazing that people keep falling for it. Well oh well more dumb and creepy people off the street. Soon they will have to legalize weed to make space for the all the predators Dateline is catching. Good article.

Posted on 04/03/2007 at 12:04:00 PM

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