It's day three of our undercover investigation here in Bowling Green, Kentucky -- population 50,000. Our first guest arrives at noon, right on time. Jeremy Todd West, 27, pulls in the driveway and our decoy invites him in.
Decoy: Hey.West: How's it going'?Decoy: Good. How are you?West: Tired.
Calling himself bandit8077, he starts chatting online with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. After only about 20 minutes he says he'd like to meet. Two days later he asks her this...
They're at it again. Chris Hansen brought the road show to Bowling Green Kentucky. And as always...there's film. But of the perps who show up on the MSNBC website...only one was from Kentucky. The perps. Most, like West, came from Tennessee.
During the first attorney general sting in Louisville about a year ago, seven men were arrested. All were convicted of a felony.
During the second sting last April -- again with Dateline not present –- 11 men arrived at this house in northern Kentucky.
And all 11 were arrested.
One man has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. The other 10 have pleaded guilty.
Greg Stumbo: We know that-- that predators are now saying, "We're not coming to Kentucky. They're watching for us. So Kentucky’s kids are safer.”
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I had read that "To Catch a Predator"-- apparently, an off-shoot of the Dateline effort-- had not resulted in any convictions.
http://schansblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/catch-and-release.html
Does anyone have more info? Thanks!
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