Summary:
Jesse Velez, a 28-year-old general manager at a sandwich shop chain, is caught in a sting operation in Fairfield, Connecticut, as part of the investigative segment "Hanson vs Predator." Velez believes he is meeting a 13-year-old boy named Jason but is actually communicating with an adult woman named Lori. He engages in explicit conversations with "Jason" and even suggests that Jason come live with him. Velez is lured to a meeting at a decoy house, thinking he will meet the young boy, but instead, he encounters Chris Hansen and law enforcement officers. He faces charges related to attempting to commit sexual assault on a minor and other offenses.
1. Michael Gentile, a 64-year-old limo driver, was caught sending explicit images to a minor.
2. The incident occurred in Fairfield, Connecticut.
3. Gentile expressed a strong interest in nudity and sent explicit images of himself to the decoy.
4. After about a month of nearly constant texting, Gentile was arrested.
5. He was found to have a key card for a local hotel and was taken into custody.
6. Gentile was put behind bars in the holding cell at the Fairfield police station.
7. A search warrant was issued for the hotel room, where detectives found his wallet, computer, and tablet.
8. Charles Lawrence, another predator caught in the sting, was an accountant and commercial real estate broker.
9. Lawrence was trying to hook up with a 13-year-old boy and was arrested in the driveway of the sting house.
10. Lawrence was charged with criminal attempt to commit risk of injury to a minor, criminal attempt to commit sexual assault in the second degree, and enticing a minor.
11. Jesse Velez, a 28-year-old engaged man, was another predator caught in the sting.
12. Velez was trying to meet a 13-year-old boy and described in graphic detail the sex acts he wanted to perform.
13. Velez was arrested when he was about to meet the decoy, who was actually a woman named Lori.