Viewer e-mails about this special report

E-mails before the Fall episodes air

Bring back to catch a predator.Very compelling TV --"Blue storm"

Thank you very much for coming into our neighborhood and setting up a STING that busted those predators. I literally live just down the road from where you had rented the house in Fortson. I have a daughter who will 15 the day after you air the show in which you filmed here locally. She and I will sit down and watch it together. Please keep up the great work. --Anna W.,  Fortson, Ga.

The work you’ve done with sexual predators is commendable. I’m 53 now, but I was abused sexually for four years as a child. Get this men off the streets. If you can save one child from a story like mine, it all is worth it… --Laurie S.

I praise you Chris for what you are doing. My daughter was sexually abused by a family member and it has changed our lives forever. In my opinion you are saving alot of kids from abuse they should never have to go through. Thank you for taking a stand, and for trying to make the world a safer place for our kids. --Christi, Shepherdsville, Ky.

Someone should take up your program on catching predators and do it as a nightly show. They need to be gotten off the streets...and hung or drawn and quartered or something equally as painful. I was sexually abused from birth to age 18, when I got married. He is still alive and has ruined many, many lives. I think the victim/s should get to choose the punishment and if they are released and do it again, both he and the judge who released him should be imprisoned for life, with no possibility of parole.  --Vickie L. Lytle, Ga.

I  cant get enough of this predator reports i did miss some of the shows and wondering is it coming back this fall and any chance of re showing the shows from 2004 and 2005... --Ann W. and Peter H., Houston & Philadelphia

Reactions to the episode in Ft. Myers, Fla.

The guy trying to hide his face was downright funny. He should be ashamed. Catching people like him should happen more often. It's also interesting to know that since so many are caught, how many are not caught? This problem is more common than people may think. Hopefully it will encourage those whose have this problem to get the help they need. -Anonymous

I think your predator show is excellant. One man caught in your sting mentioned "role playing" online in a chat room and there is truth to that statement although he was lying through his teeth about his reasons for being at the house. Online is a place where many role play and feel that it's morally okay. It's when role playing crosses the line and becomes reality that crimes are committed! --Angel, Fla.

Your show is great, stopping these predators & putting them on national TV. Maybe, just maybe they'll finally get the idea. But the cops! Why do they have to tackle and throw people to the ground?  I'm all for the arrest,without a doubt. Any way, I applaud you folks, for a great job, any any child that you saved from these bums. --Dennis Zdrojkowski, Penn Hills, Pennsylvania

Thank you for doing these great shows! I am utterly disgusted by the vile human beings that show up. What absolutely galls me is their glibness and readiness with excuses and their arrogance in stating that they've done nothing wrong. Do they think that we are all so stupid as to think that they would show up with liquor and condoms after stating their intentions clearly in their on-screen chats and then we should believe their "new" version of events-that they are really there to "talk" with the child and "help" warn the child?? Plus, I sense a great degree of arrogance in their statements of "I've done nothing wrong-I'll sue NBC". How disgusting that America (which was once a great country) is now such a litigious place. Those scumbags deserve to go to jail and have to work hard labor. --Monica, Los Angeles

Okay, so reality shows sell for big buck but this one is worth it. Think about it and all the good it would do, every week a new show, new town, new state and new predators pick up and charged. Let every predator think in their little mind that the next one might be Dateline's New Reality Bust (go crawl under a rock and die you freek). Ok so you will need to change that last part but the show has some potential. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing more shows. --
Scot Holland, Los Angeles, Calif.

Dateline you are taking advantage of the male mindset. You are trapping an animal acting on basic instincts that would have otherwise not have been tempted. I think you pull some respectful people who would otherwise be innocent into traps. Words are powerful: online as well as in the context of persuasion. Some of your so called preditors are victims of a very persuasive person that does not represent reality. It is this false reality that makes criminals of us all. We should all be ashamed of what we have become. --Jordan, Wash.

I am very concerned about the predator in Florida who brought his 5 year old son to the "date." Does Florida have a mandatory reporting law? If so,did anyone involved in the sting report this man to Child Protective Services?  --Laurie Dominici, Bakersfield, California

Regarding "entrapment" vs. "enticement": These men may have been invited or solicited, but they chose of their own free will to go forward with it, climb into their cars, and drive to the house. Some of them drove for over an hour! Walking into that house wasn't an impulsive or immediate act. NBC might have their own selfish motives for setting up this show, but the men walking into this trap ARE NOT INNOCENT. If you arrange a sexual encounter with a minor and then go to the agreed location then you have declared your intent. --Brian, Los Angeles

Hi Chris, I've seen some criticism saying that you are going too far in your investigations luring and trapping potential predators. I say you are doing a fine job and a fine service. I think it's priceless when you walk in the room and they just sit down and talk with you so matter-of-factly about what their intentions were. Keep it up please! Also, kudos to law enforcement and Perverted Justice for their work. --Matt, Phoenix, Ariz.

I want to thank you for airing the "To Catch a Predator." As I watched it I know what was coming from watching other shows, but when you showed the segment about the father bringing his own child with him, I was appauled, and sickened. How stupid can a father be to bring his own child, to be a witness to this horrible act. It brought tears to my eyes. Please continue to report on these people the hunt young kids down for sex. I do have one question. Haver you ever cuaght any women ??? --Lynne, Anchorage, Alaska

This series has really been hitting home for me. Though I wish it had been done earlier. My little brother (16) and several of his friends (ages 13-16) were approached online by a registered sex offender who "befriended" these boys and began sending expensive gifts to them. This all happened back in September or October and in November he made a play at the two youngest boys. Thankfully before anything could happen to these kids he was caught with another boy and locked up. I had read and heard about sexual predators but I never thought that someone would go after my little brother. Every time that I see that you are having another story I tell my family and friends to watch. Keep up the good work!! --Sarah S., Alaska

I am sorry that this question even has to come out. But, I wonder while watching this episode, if some of the men were retarded, drug induced impaired, or just plain sick in the head. If retarded, is there any hope for them in Fla.? I am a concerned citizen and an advocate for children. I want all children to be as safe as mine. I do not condone nor would I ever dream of promoting men/women who would solicit young teens/children for any kind of sexual act, online or in person. It's not only immoral, but illegal and perverted. If the men in the program are drugged up (as some brought drugs), will they have charges stemming also from that chat log? I do worry though, if some men are retarded, if they will receive help or individual counseling as perscribed by laws governing the mentally deficient.  --jreuab, Leaving blank, Calif.

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