No day at the beach

For three-and-a-half days men have been making the trip to our undercover house—in cars, trucks, even a stolen van...

One man takes a train into town---and then starts walking and keeps walking.

The man in a Spongebob jacket walks about 2 and a half miles right past our street and gets lost. After walking several blocks out of his way- he finally heads in the right direction and hears our decoy calling him.

He’s 27-year-old Malik Washington. He thinks our decoy is the 12-year-old he’s been chatting with online.

Decoy: How was your walk?

Malik Washington: It was all right.  It was kind of long.

Decoy: Yeah.  Come on in.

Using the screenname loverboy212x he chats online to the decoy about anal and oral sex.  He also tells her he’ll bring a pornographic video. The decoy tells him she’s a virgin and he says I could be your first.

Decoy: So, I’m kind of nervous.

Now that he’s comfortably seated, the decoy tries to find out what he has in mind.

Decoy: Dyou bring the porn for the laptop?  Or—

Washington: There’s porn on it for you.

Decoy: You brought it?  Okay. 

Decoy:Allright, well can you like explain to me like what you think we’re going to do? 

Washington:First, I was going to get to know you.  I wasn’t in a rush to have sex yet. (laughter) unless you in a rush.

Decoy: I just wanna know beforehand, you know?

Washington: Ask the question.  It’ll be easier.  What’s it called?  What should we do first?

Decoy: Yeah.

Washington: Well,  -- if you say you wanna take breaks and during the breaks you wanna give me head, I should teach you that first.

Decoy: Okay.

Washington: If you want.  It’s up to you.

Listen to how quickly loverboy changes his story when I’m the one sitting across from him.

Chris Hansen: How you doing?

Washington: Hello.

Hansen: You all right?

Washington: Yeah. I’m all right.

Hansen:What’s going on?

Washington: I’m good.

Hansen: What were you planning on doing—this evening?

Washington: Oh, nothing much.  Just hang out.

Hansen: And how old are you?

Washington: Me?  I’m 17.                   

Hansen: Seventeen.  What year were you born?

Washington: ‘85 I think?  ‘85 I think.

He’s really born in 1980, that makes him 27.

Hansen: I already know.

Washington: You know?  Oh, okay. (laughter)

Hansen: I already know a lot of stuff, actually.

Washington: ‘Cause I didn’t wanna get her in trouble.  That’s why.

Hansen: You didn’t wanna get her in trouble.  What about getting you in trouble?

Washington: Oh, that, too.

Hansen: That, too.  Now, you knew this girl was how old?

Washington: I think 12 or 13?

Hansen: Why did you think it was okay to visit a 12-year-old girl at your age?

Washington: Well, first of all, I like to travel.  And then—

Hansen: You like to travel?

Washington: I like to travel.  Plus, she wants to hang out, so I don’t mind.  And I wasn’t planning on doing anything with her.

Hansen: You say things online like “And I’m going to give you anal ‘cause you got a nice ass.” These are your words, right?  You ask her, “When are you ready for me to pop that cherry?”  I assume that means taking her virginity.  Is that true?

Washington: All right, lemme ask you a question.  Who are you?

Hansen: I’ll get to that in a minute.

Washington: Are you going to arrest me? For real, tell you the truth, I was not going to do anything with her.

Hansen: You sat out here for a good ten minutes, and you had the opportunity to tell her face to face, that you didn’t really wanna do anything.  And that’s not what you said, is it, Malik?

Washington: Yes, I did.  I said—

Hansen: No, you didn’t.  You said, “we can start first—by talking before we have sex.”

Washington: No, I—

Hansen: And you told her that you brought the porn.

Washington: ‘cause like I ain’t come out here to rape her or kill her or anything.  I’m not a bad person.

Hansen: Well, you know what?  But having sex with a 12-year-old, even if she says yes, is considered rape because—

Washington: No.

Hansen:  --a 12 year old, by the law, cannot consent to having sex.  Do you get that?

Washington: Oh, I didn’t know that.

Hansen: Do you ever watch TV

Malik: Sometimes, barely.

Hansen: Do you ever hear about that show “to catch a predator”?

Washington: Well, I wasn’t trying to be a predator.  But—yeah.

Hansen: Well, that’s not what your transcript—would suggest.  I’m Chris Hansen—

Washington: All right.

Hansen: --with dateline NBC.  And we’re doing a story on adults who try to meet kids for sex online.  If there’s anything else you’d like to tell us, we’d like to hear it.

Washington: Well, one thing—could I go home?

Hansen: You can walk right off this beach.  Nothing else you wanna tell us?

Washington: No, sir.

Apparently loverboy starts thinking about the long walk back to the train station.

Hansen: You can leave the beach.

Washington: Can you give me a ride home?  ‘Cause I don’t—

Hansen: I can’t give you a ride.  I’m sorry.

Washington: I have to walk back?

Hansen: Well, that’s up to you.  But I’m not in a position to give you a ride, though.

Washington: Can you—is there any way you can get me a cab?

Hansen: I’m not going to be able to do that.

The good news is he won’t have to make that long walk back to the train station. The bad news is he’ll be getting a ride in a police car to jail.

Most of the men arrested tonight have not had a chance to make a plea. Those that did have pled not guilty.

And their are more potential predators on the way, many bearing gifts.

Next week you’ll meet a registered sex offender who drove six hours on his motorcyle hoping for sex with a 14-year-old.

And we’ll end with a bang -- find out what happens to one man after he takes a dive.

Part 2 of "To Catch a Predator" in New Jersey airs Wednesday, July 25 at 10 p.m.

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