1 00:00:02,069 --> 00:00:03,070 The following program documents 2 00:00:03,270 --> 00:00:04,104 real law enforcement investigations 3 00:00:04,271 --> 00:00:05,672 of child sexual predators. 4 00:00:06,039 --> 00:00:07,507 This deeply disturbing content 5 00:00:07,508 --> 00:00:09,108 may be triggering for some viewers. 6 00:00:09,109 --> 00:00:10,544 Please watch with care. 7 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:20,787 Next, a man turns up 8 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:23,023 to meet two underage boys for sex. 9 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:27,995 He doesn't know he's walking right into a sting. 10 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:32,265 Then, Detective Tony Godwin tracks a predator 11 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:35,202 with thousands of illegal images on his phone. 12 00:00:35,836 --> 00:00:37,470 I'd like for you to please stand 13 00:00:37,471 --> 00:00:38,472 over here in the kitchen. 14 00:00:38,672 --> 00:00:40,007 We're going to search the house real quick. 15 00:00:43,176 --> 00:00:44,678 And the team takes down a man 16 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:47,548 trying to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. 17 00:00:59,026 --> 00:01:00,193 On the ground! 18 00:01:00,594 --> 00:01:02,029 A team of police professionals 19 00:01:02,129 --> 00:01:04,298 in North Dallas has one goal-- 20 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:05,665 Get out of the car! 21 00:01:05,666 --> 00:01:07,634 -take down online predators 22 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:10,103 before they harm a real child. 23 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,806 Child predators are everywhere. 24 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:15,942 Online predators pose the biggest danger 25 00:01:15,943 --> 00:01:17,878 to America's children today. 26 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:20,747 Kids are being targeted at an alarming rate. 27 00:01:21,548 --> 00:01:23,550 This team is opening its case files 28 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:26,920 for the first time to show you how it tracks them down-- 29 00:01:28,455 --> 00:01:30,023 All right, he's coming this way. 30 00:01:30,223 --> 00:01:34,227 - and brings them to justice by any means necessary. 31 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:36,296 Put your hands on the car. 32 00:01:37,464 --> 00:01:39,665 This is Detective Tony Godwin, 33 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:43,437 and his team is the Predator Hunters. 34 00:01:47,741 --> 00:01:49,509 I grew up in a military family. 35 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:51,445 We moved around a lot. 36 00:01:52,713 --> 00:01:54,514 At 17, I joined the Army. 37 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:58,184 By 23, I'd left the military 38 00:01:58,185 --> 00:02:00,520 and started tracking down criminals on the street. 39 00:02:01,822 --> 00:02:04,657 In 2005, I made detective. And ever since, 40 00:02:04,658 --> 00:02:07,259 I've worked internet crimes against children. 41 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:08,861 Now that I've got kids of my own, 42 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:13,033 this work, it means everything. It's personal. 43 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:16,269 There's nothing I'd rather be doing than saving kids' lives. 44 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:18,271 I'm surrounded by a team of people 45 00:02:18,472 --> 00:02:20,741 who are just as dedicated as I am. 46 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:24,711 So far, we've put away close to 200 predators. 47 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:27,914 Most of them are serving ten years or more. 48 00:02:28,181 --> 00:02:30,951 That's over 2,000 years of prison time, 49 00:02:31,051 --> 00:02:32,418 and we're not done yet. 50 00:02:32,419 --> 00:02:34,187 ] I call this my wall of shame. 51 00:02:34,588 --> 00:02:36,590 I put every one of these offenders behind bars. 52 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:39,026 No two of these guys are the same. 53 00:02:39,226 --> 00:02:41,228 Every one of them has a story to tell. 54 00:02:42,029 --> 00:02:44,097 Take this guy, for example, James Wade King. 55 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:45,899 This is the classic guy. 56 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:49,436 It really took a team effort to get this guy into custody. 57 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:51,104 But at the end of the day, it worked. 58 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:02,716 February 13, 2020. 59 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:06,620 Detective Tony Godwin waits in a parking lot for Wade King. 60 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:08,989 The predator believes 61 00:03:09,089 --> 00:03:11,658 he's meeting a 13-year-old girl for sex. 62 00:03:13,226 --> 00:03:14,828 He's convinced she's into him 63 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:16,897 after talking to her on the phone. 64 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:28,107 In reality, the girl is an undercover police officer, 65 00:03:28,108 --> 00:03:31,278 and Wade King is walking into a trap. 66 00:03:44,658 --> 00:03:46,393 The cases I work, there's two kinds, 67 00:03:46,593 --> 00:03:48,494 proactive and reactive. 68 00:03:48,495 --> 00:03:51,464 In a proactive capacity, I'm putting myself online 69 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:55,301 as a child in the hopes that a predator's gonna reach out 70 00:03:55,302 --> 00:03:56,636 to me and talk to me. 71 00:03:57,304 --> 00:03:59,072 Social media platforms, 72 00:03:59,272 --> 00:04:02,142 gaming applications and sites, chat rooms, 73 00:04:02,309 --> 00:04:05,278 anywhere that kids are, is where I put myself. 74 00:04:06,113 --> 00:04:08,147 Today, Tony is investigating 75 00:04:08,148 --> 00:04:11,218 a social media platform called AntiLand. 76 00:04:11,785 --> 00:04:13,754 One of the things that they market is the fact 77 00:04:13,954 --> 00:04:15,956 that you're anonymous while you're on here. 78 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:20,627 Age, terms of service, says you have to be 18, 79 00:04:20,827 --> 00:04:22,262 but there's kids all over it. 80 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:27,834 I set up the vanity name as Dinasaurus13TX, 81 00:04:28,468 --> 00:04:30,703 which lets everybody in the rooms know 82 00:04:30,704 --> 00:04:33,440 that my name's Dina, I'm 13, and I'm from Texas. 83 00:04:34,174 --> 00:04:37,277 And then just put myself out there and start to fish. 84 00:04:39,312 --> 00:04:42,749 Within seconds, I'm just slammed with messages. 85 00:04:43,550 --> 00:04:45,552 One user in particular, his name was Kingfish, 86 00:04:45,652 --> 00:04:47,187 he was very interested. 87 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:49,221 Kingfish opens up with, 88 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:51,792 "How old are you? You ever talk to older guys?" 89 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:53,860 That is a huge red flag. 90 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:57,063 And I tell him, "I'm almost 14, what about you" 91 00:04:58,265 --> 00:05:02,068 Kingfish tells me, "Probably too old. I'm 45." 92 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:04,871 A bunch of things run through my head. 93 00:05:05,071 --> 00:05:07,073 Like one, this guy's too comfortable 94 00:05:07,274 --> 00:05:08,942 talking to a 13-year-old kid about this. 95 00:05:10,177 --> 00:05:11,745 I can't put myself out there 96 00:05:11,912 --> 00:05:15,182 and lead someone into a sexual situation. 97 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:18,985 Anything that got initiated by me would wipe my case. 98 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:24,056 Developing the ability to speak like a kid definitely took time. 99 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:28,028 I have honed that to a pretty decent skillset. 100 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:30,697 I misspell things, I say words 101 00:05:30,864 --> 00:05:32,898 that to adults mean absolutely nothing, 102 00:05:32,899 --> 00:05:35,035 and that needs to be as realistic as possible. 103 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:37,304 I want to see what direction he's going to take this. 104 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:41,307 And I say, "LOL, why wouldn't I want to talk to you, silly? 105 00:05:41,308 --> 00:05:42,876 You seem really sweet." 106 00:05:45,111 --> 00:05:47,247 Kingfish suggests we move over to SMS. 107 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:50,750 I give him my cell phone number, 108 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:52,919 and he immediately text messages. 109 00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:57,190 I introduce myself, 110 00:05:58,625 --> 00:06:00,760 and he replied his name was Wade. 111 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:04,863 Tony hands Wade's name and number 112 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:07,033 to his co-worker, Tavie Guthrie. 113 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:10,036 She is a specialist in unmasking predators. 114 00:06:11,271 --> 00:06:13,440 I'm a digital investigative analyst. 115 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,244 I've been doing this with Tony for about two years now. 116 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:19,446 I am a little bit of a cyber sleuth. 117 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:22,682 I started out as a 911 operator. 118 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:27,320 I really credit that to preparing me for what I do now. 119 00:06:28,822 --> 00:06:30,823 When I get a phone number, the first thing I do 120 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:32,225 is just check our local database 121 00:06:32,425 --> 00:06:34,494 to see if we have any records with them. 122 00:06:34,661 --> 00:06:37,263 If they're in our system, then it makes it really easy, 123 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:39,900 because we've already verified an ID for them. 124 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:46,039 So our guy is James Wade King. 125 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:50,677 And this guy is a real winner. He's got prior charges. 126 00:06:52,112 --> 00:06:53,680 He's in the Dallas area. 127 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:57,417 We've got false report, terroristic threat. 128 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:01,988 Interestingly, no prior sex offenses, 129 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:04,991 but I'm not sure if that's just because he hasn't been caught. 130 00:07:09,663 --> 00:07:11,631 My communications with Wade, they keep going. 131 00:07:12,332 --> 00:07:14,301 Wade begins to ramp things up. 132 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:19,839 He wants to normalize sexual behavior, 133 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,908 bring it down where a child would feel OK 134 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:24,711 to have a conversation like that. 135 00:07:24,911 --> 00:07:26,279 And then he sends me a text. 136 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:32,552 He's asking this child about having sex with a grown man. 137 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:34,154 It's freaking disgusting. 138 00:07:35,989 --> 00:07:37,991 So I want to feed into his little fantasy. 139 00:07:38,391 --> 00:07:39,993 There's not one doubt in my mind 140 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:41,628 this guy is an absolute predator. 141 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:44,097 He's got to be a real threat to a real child, 142 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:45,432 and I need to get him. 143 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:48,034 But I need him to make a mistake for me to do that. 144 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:55,141 Wade decides to send me a photo of himself. 145 00:07:56,176 --> 00:07:59,679 It's a mirror selfie. The way he's posed himself 146 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:01,715 in this photo to look like a teenage kid, 147 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:05,352 even though he's a creepy old man, very sexually suggestive. 148 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:09,255 And then Wade does what most of these predatory types do. 149 00:08:11,591 --> 00:08:15,228 He asks her to produce nude imagery or videos. 150 00:08:16,062 --> 00:08:17,630 Obviously, I can't do that. 151 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:20,233 I don't look much like a 13-year-old girl. 152 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:23,103 But fortunately, I do have access to people who do. 153 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:29,708 I first met Tony about eight years ago. 154 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:32,278 He came up to me and just said, "You look pretty young." 155 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:34,314 I must have looked so creeped out, 156 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:35,781 like, "Who is this man?" 157 00:08:35,782 --> 00:08:38,351 My coworker was with me, and she kind of gave me 158 00:08:38,551 --> 00:08:40,220 a little bit of backstory on him. 159 00:08:40,387 --> 00:08:42,222 And we got to talking, and he asked me 160 00:08:42,422 --> 00:08:46,258 if he could maybe use my photos or my voice 161 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:49,429 to make a profile to talk to predators. 162 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:54,267 To know that Wade is looking at these photos, 163 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,269 it's just disturbing. 164 00:08:56,703 --> 00:09:01,340 But providing my photos to Tony means that these people 165 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:04,277 are looking at a picture of me rather than a picture 166 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:07,547 of a real child that would be really traumatized. 167 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:11,151 Tony sends Wade a photo of Audrey 168 00:09:11,351 --> 00:09:13,520 taken when she was a young teen. 169 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:17,423 I kind of make fun of my hair looking kind of crazy. 170 00:09:17,424 --> 00:09:20,460 I immediately say, "Yeah, I'm sure you don't really like this. 171 00:09:20,627 --> 00:09:22,062 And that's OK. You can just tell me." 172 00:09:22,262 --> 00:09:24,497 The fact is, I'm just trying to make him buy into the fact 173 00:09:24,664 --> 00:09:27,233 that I'm a 13-year-old kid with some low self-esteem. 174 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:29,035 And then he replies immediately. 175 00:09:32,105 --> 00:09:33,840 "You don't think bad of me, do you?" 176 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:35,708 Like, "Yes, I do think bad of you. 177 00:09:35,909 --> 00:09:38,278 "You're a 45-year-old creepy dude 178 00:09:38,478 --> 00:09:40,280 chatting with a 13-year-old girl." 179 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,282 That's a problem. 180 00:09:43,349 --> 00:09:45,385 All I got to do now is just reel him in, 181 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:47,353 because he's wrapped up in this fantasy. 182 00:09:51,691 --> 00:09:53,827 In order for me to get my hands on him, 183 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:57,297 I have to put Wade behind the keyboard of the device 184 00:09:57,464 --> 00:09:59,833 with 100% certainty 185 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:03,002 that he is the person that I've been communicating with. 186 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:08,475 I get the break I need through Wade. 187 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:12,112 The fact that he suggested to meet in person, 188 00:10:12,312 --> 00:10:13,880 he's just crossed the line 189 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:16,382 as far as criminality, and his intent. 190 00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:18,784 And so now that puts together a better case for me. 191 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:21,187 So I tell him, "Hey, I'm available February 13th." 192 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:26,192 I'm ready for that meet to take him down and arrest him. 193 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:29,229 Tony's undercover profile, Dina, 194 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:32,699 arranges to meet Wade at an apartment complex. 195 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:40,672 As we're set up for the takedown, 196 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:42,275 Wade throws a curveball. 197 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:46,279 Wade wants to have a conversation on the phone. 198 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:51,017 Tony calls me, and he asks me if I can come help him, 199 00:10:51,584 --> 00:10:53,553 use my voice to convince this man 200 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:57,190 that he has actually been talking to a real child. 201 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:05,565 Audrey prepares to call child predator Wade King. 202 00:11:06,099 --> 00:11:09,202 She must make him believe that she's 13 years old. 203 00:11:10,069 --> 00:11:13,072 I'm feeling like the weight is on my shoulders 204 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:17,043 if he doesn't believe what I'm saying. 205 00:11:17,477 --> 00:11:19,545 The weight of this is not on you at all. 206 00:11:19,546 --> 00:11:22,081 This is just a necessary evil. 207 00:11:22,749 --> 00:11:25,351 Audrey was full of nerves. 208 00:11:25,451 --> 00:11:27,287 I told her, "You're going to do fine. 209 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,789 Just keep it short. Keep it sweet." 210 00:11:59,986 --> 00:12:02,221 It always surprises me that 211 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:04,256 as soon as the men hear my voice, 212 00:12:04,257 --> 00:12:07,126 they immediately have this sigh of relief. 213 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:09,494 You can hear that their confidence builds, 214 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:11,664 and that they are much less nervous 215 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:14,100 to actually come and meet up with me. 216 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,455 Audrey nails it with the phone call. 217 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:37,991 You did a fantastic job. 218 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:40,259 Like, I couldn't have asked for anything better, 219 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:43,463 because all he thinks about is the prize. 220 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:47,433 And the fact that he thinks he's about to score with a real kid, 221 00:12:48,034 --> 00:12:51,904 you can just hear how assured he is. 222 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:59,344 So the meeting is set for the next day. 223 00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:00,613 The location that I use 224 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:02,581 is one that I have used many, many times over the years. 225 00:13:02,582 --> 00:13:04,350 It's a controlled environment for us, 226 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:06,352 because it's a one way in, one way out. 227 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:08,988 It's a huge operation, a lot of moving parts, 228 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:11,224 a lot of people, a lot of assignments. 229 00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:13,059 People have to be at the top of their game 230 00:13:13,226 --> 00:13:16,062 in order for it to happen and go down perfectly, 231 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:18,564 and so that Wade doesn't know it's a trap. 232 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:31,477 7:35 a.m., I send King a message. 233 00:13:38,418 --> 00:13:40,286 I radio all that information to my team, 234 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:42,588 and now we're good to go. 235 00:13:51,731 --> 00:13:57,036 Takedown days are full of angst, concern, worry. 236 00:13:57,136 --> 00:14:00,773 I'm very demanding, because I don't want it to go wrong. 237 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:13,286 One of Tony's team spots Wade's black car. 238 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,190 Standby. 239 00:14:30,336 --> 00:14:32,372 He's walked right into the trap. 240 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:05,571 We got him. 241 00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:09,941 My involvement with the case isn't even close to being done, 242 00:15:09,942 --> 00:15:11,711 because now I have to go interrogate him. 243 00:15:12,979 --> 00:15:14,914 It's my favorite part of the job. 244 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:27,426 He's got an open posture through a good portion of it, 245 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,694 but you can just tell, like, he's got stress all over him. 246 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:33,666 Like, he is freaking out inside, as he should be freaking out. 247 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:40,840 He does, like, this Oscar Award-winning performance. 248 00:15:44,577 --> 00:15:47,547 He puts his hand on his face. Complete garbage. 249 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:51,751 He's doing that for the camera, and for no other reason. 250 00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:58,191 Like, I want him to admit what he did. 251 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:01,227 I want to put some closure to this. And so that's my goal. 252 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:23,916 I can't talk to him any further, but that's fine. 253 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:27,186 I know that I've got enough evidence against this guy 254 00:16:27,386 --> 00:16:29,188 to put him away for a very long time. 255 00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:39,866 There's one small piece of good news with this. 256 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:42,268 King has been sentenced. He's behind bars. 257 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:45,238 There's one less predator out there to prey on kids. 258 00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:49,308 Me and my team, we just move on and get to the next on. 259 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:51,477 Because there's plenty more where that came from. 260 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:55,348 April 7, 2022. 261 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:58,150 A tip-off leads Tony to a new target. 262 00:16:58,251 --> 00:17:00,018 He turns out to be a collector 263 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:03,022 of some of the worst child sexual abuse material 264 00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:04,724 Tony's ever seen. 265 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:06,392 Have you ever looked at child pornography? 266 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,228 To bring him to justice, 267 00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:12,265 Tony must hit two locations at the same time. 268 00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:15,001 We have a search warrant for your residence. 269 00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:17,870 I need to see this, and I need to see that. 270 00:17:18,471 --> 00:17:21,106 A single misstep could give the predator 271 00:17:21,107 --> 00:17:24,911 the chance to destroy the evidence of his horrific crime. 272 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:30,116 Jared Capizzi. 273 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:33,586 This guy had one of the largest and sickest collections 274 00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:35,588 of child pornography that I've ever seen. 275 00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:39,392 This case focuses on the methods used by these predators 276 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:41,394 when they're sharing child sex abuse material, 277 00:17:41,494 --> 00:17:43,429 and how we detect them doing it. 278 00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:56,108 This case begins on March 28th of 2022, 279 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:58,044 when I receive a series of cyber tips. 280 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:00,913 We call this a reactive case. 281 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:06,818 Cyber tips are the benchmark for alerting law enforcement 282 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:08,754 that there is online activities 283 00:18:08,854 --> 00:18:11,256 either involving some sort of exploitation 284 00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:14,026 involving a child, or child sex abuse material, 285 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,263 which we call CSAM. A member of the public 286 00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:20,666 or one of the electronic service providers reports CSAM 287 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:23,069 through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 288 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:25,304 which we call NECMEC. 289 00:18:25,471 --> 00:18:28,174 In this case, the NECMEC cyber tip 290 00:18:28,307 --> 00:18:31,142 relates to 31 files that were flagged and uploaded 291 00:18:31,143 --> 00:18:32,678 to a cloud storage system. 292 00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:35,214 NECMEC already identified the classification 293 00:18:35,348 --> 00:18:36,716 as apparent child pornography. 294 00:18:38,818 --> 00:18:42,021 When I download the files, they are absolutely horrific, 295 00:18:42,855 --> 00:18:46,025 involving very, very small prepubescent children. 296 00:18:46,158 --> 00:18:47,460 Anyone, in my opinion, 297 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:49,228 who downloads this type of material 298 00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:51,464 is an absolute threat to children, 299 00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:54,667 and is someone that I'm going to put behind bars. 300 00:18:56,669 --> 00:19:00,473 And in this case, because it's provided in the NECMEC tip, 301 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:03,676 I know who this target is, and his name is Jared Capizzi. 302 00:19:11,217 --> 00:19:12,985 - An interview? - Yes. 303 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:16,822 To build the case against predator Jared Capizzi, 304 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:20,993 Tony brings in trusted fellow detective Robert Golladay. 305 00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:22,828 We're academy mates. 306 00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:25,031 We've been the best of friends for over 30 years. 307 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:29,068 He really does a great job on the forensic side of the house. 308 00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:31,903 The information search on Jared Capizzi 309 00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:34,906 brings up that Capizzi is a habitual offender. 310 00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:39,310 He has convictions for drug possession, forgery, fraud. 311 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:42,114 He's also on parole. He's living at his mother's house. 312 00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:45,151 We didn't find any previous convictions 313 00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:46,585 for crimes against children. 314 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:54,860 One of the big concerns we had with Capizzi is the fact 315 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,862 that he has a child of his own. He has a son. 316 00:19:57,863 --> 00:20:00,098 Anyone who's in a position of trust or authority 317 00:20:00,099 --> 00:20:01,900 who has access or availability 318 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:05,104 to a child pushes them up higher on the chain. 319 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:10,076 I know Capizzi is our guy that has uploaded the 31 files 320 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:11,677 from the NECMEC cyber tip. 321 00:20:12,311 --> 00:20:13,679 The problem I have is this. 322 00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:16,749 He has access to a cloud account on a device, 323 00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:19,384 which means he has access to a cloud account 324 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:21,353 potentially on multiple devices. 325 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:24,256 If I don't get all of those devices, 326 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:27,993 Capizzi could remotely wipe that material from the devices 327 00:20:28,094 --> 00:20:29,662 that are in our possession. 328 00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:33,032 So it's vital that I get all of the devices at the same time. 329 00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:38,303 So the simplest way for me to get 330 00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:40,439 the most updated information about Capizzi 331 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:42,308 is to reach out to the parole office. 332 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:48,614 Parole officer tells me that Capizzi is doing great. 333 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:51,149 He reports regularly. He checks in. 334 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:53,986 He has a steady job with a construction company. 335 00:20:54,186 --> 00:20:55,588 He's living with his mom. 336 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,622 The parole officer also tells me 337 00:20:57,623 --> 00:21:00,593 that he does not have his son living with him, 338 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:03,829 that the child lives in another location with the mother. 339 00:21:05,064 --> 00:21:07,099 So luck is on my side. 340 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:11,103 Capizzi is scheduled for a urinalysis test 341 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,706 to be in compliance with his bond conditions, 342 00:21:13,873 --> 00:21:16,041 or his parole conditions on drug use. 343 00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:20,479 And so I'm like, "Great." 344 00:21:21,313 --> 00:21:24,116 "I know where he'll be. I know when he will be there." 345 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:26,818 And now all I do is basically hatch the plan 346 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:29,188 on how I'm going to get him and what I'm going to do with him. 347 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:32,391 I need to get all of the devices from the mom's address, 348 00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:35,027 so this is going to be a really unusual takedown. 349 00:21:35,895 --> 00:21:39,231 I have to have teams at two different locations 350 00:21:39,331 --> 00:21:42,334 in two different parts of the city at the exact same time. 351 00:21:45,104 --> 00:21:48,707 3:15 p.m., The operation begins. 352 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:52,344 Tony waits to intercept Capizzi at the probation office. 353 00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:54,312 At the same time, 354 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:57,116 Detective Golladay prepares to search his home. 355 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:58,751 Timing is critical. 356 00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:01,819 What's really vital for me as far as coordinating goes 357 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:06,659 is that I have my hands on Capizzi before the home is hit. 358 00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:12,398 But Capizzi is late. By 3:30, there's no sign of him. 359 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:15,234 3:40, my concern is growing. 360 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:17,903 If I don't get all of those devices, 361 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,104 Capizzi, or really somebody else, 362 00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:22,875 could remotely wipe that material, 363 00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:24,677 causing a big problem for me. 364 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:29,114 At 3:45, the parole officer updates Tony 365 00:22:29,315 --> 00:22:31,116 that Capizzi has arrived. 366 00:22:33,052 --> 00:22:34,819 - How are you, man? - Good, how are you? 367 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,288 - Have a seat real quick. - Gotcha. 368 00:22:36,422 --> 00:22:37,990 When Capizzi enters the room, 369 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,192 we confiscate two phones in his possession. 370 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:42,628 I need to see this. And I need to see that. 371 00:22:42,761 --> 00:22:44,063 And I'll explain to you what's going on. 372 00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:46,031 So the two phones are immediately handed off 373 00:22:46,232 --> 00:22:48,700 to another detective who's there with me. 374 00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:51,303 His responsibility is to get them to be processed. 375 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:54,039 We're gonna have a chat about something, 376 00:22:54,139 --> 00:22:56,708 and I'll kind of explain to you what's going on. 377 00:22:56,709 --> 00:23:00,880 He has absolutely no idea why we are there. 378 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:04,083 While Tony grills Capizzi, 379 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:08,387 Detective Golladay executes the warrant to search his residence. 380 00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:11,557 Capizzi's mother meets the officers outside. 381 00:23:11,824 --> 00:23:14,827 She is unaware of what her son has concealed. 382 00:23:15,094 --> 00:23:16,528 My name's Robert Golladay. 383 00:23:16,662 --> 00:23:18,230 We have a search warrant for your residence. 384 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:20,633 And so that's what we're here to do, 385 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,068 is we're searching for computers, 386 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:25,237 cell phones, and stuff of that nature. 387 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:27,840 So what we're going to do 388 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,174 is we're going to walk in the house. 389 00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:31,277 I'd like for you to please stand over here in the kitchen. 390 00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:32,945 We're going to search the house real quick. 391 00:23:33,312 --> 00:23:36,015 At the parole office, my interview and interrogation 392 00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:38,117 of Capizzi has started. 393 00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:39,752 Here's my card. 394 00:23:39,985 --> 00:23:41,553 I work internet crimes against children. 395 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:43,989 I advise him of his legal rights. 396 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:45,423 He waives his rights. 397 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:48,193 He signs a document, and our conversation begins. 398 00:23:52,031 --> 00:23:53,265 Jared, so listen. When I tell you 399 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:55,267 that I work internet crimes against children-- 400 00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:57,636 -does that give you any reason 401 00:23:57,736 --> 00:23:59,204 why I would be contacting you? 402 00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:04,742 In the beginning, he's providing information. 403 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:07,246 He's seemingly pretty chill. 404 00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:09,481 Do you look at pornography on your phone? 405 00:24:10,316 --> 00:24:11,550 Adult pornography? 406 00:24:11,650 --> 00:24:12,952 Have you ever looked at child pornography? 407 00:24:14,153 --> 00:24:15,287 OK. 408 00:24:15,421 --> 00:24:17,189 And where would you be when you would come across it? 409 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:31,704 Capizzi makes an admission 410 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:34,440 that he downloaded this random link, 411 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,744 which contained a large amount of child sex abuse material. 412 00:24:39,745 --> 00:24:43,115 He frames it as though it was an inadvertent download. 413 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:48,120 I know from my training, those are directed links, 414 00:24:49,021 --> 00:24:50,823 typically coming at a request 415 00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:53,792 of someone who's requesting this particular type of material. 416 00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:56,661 There's no point in him lying to us anymore. 417 00:24:56,662 --> 00:24:58,197 Just give it up. We already know. 418 00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:04,469 Detective Tony Godwin grills Jared Capizzi 419 00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:07,573 after a cyber tip revealed he'd shared CSAM, 420 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:10,175 child sexual abuse material. 421 00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:12,678 What I'm talking about isn't a gray area. 422 00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:16,215 I'm talking about when you see it at a glimpse, 423 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:19,918 you know automatically this is a very small, young kid. 424 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:27,993 The fact that it contained far more imagery 425 00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:31,864 than I even was aware of was a very telling statement. 426 00:25:32,064 --> 00:25:34,066 So you deleted that stuff or what? 427 00:25:40,906 --> 00:25:43,575 Tony confronts Capizzi with the images 428 00:25:43,709 --> 00:25:46,078 that the cyber tip flagged as CSAM. 429 00:25:47,312 --> 00:25:48,414 Do you remember sending those pictures? 430 00:25:49,782 --> 00:25:50,816 Some of them? 431 00:25:52,785 --> 00:25:53,986 The ones that looked familiar? 432 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,788 So you've sent those? And who did you send those to? 433 00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:09,268 The minute we go into interrogation mode, 434 00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:12,904 which is more pointed to the actual crime 435 00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:16,442 that I'm interested in, his tune changes considerably. 436 00:26:17,476 --> 00:26:18,877 So here's the deal. 437 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:21,914 I told you we have a warrant to record anything electronic, 438 00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:24,549 anything capable of storing digital media. 439 00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:27,553 That's not only for here, you, and your person, 440 00:26:27,653 --> 00:26:29,588 but it's for your home as well. 441 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,397 When we go to the house, 442 00:26:38,497 --> 00:26:40,666 the mom's not very happy that we're there, obviously. 443 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:44,469 Just because the police just barged into her house. 444 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:48,073 And we're trying to tell her what her son has done, 445 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:49,975 and she doesn't believe us. 446 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,277 Holy [bleep]. 447 00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:53,812 You obviously saw what the warrant is for. 448 00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:55,514 - Yes! - OK. 449 00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:57,348 I cannot believe any of this. 450 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:59,183 He's already admitted to it, 451 00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:01,687 and admitted to downloading it, and sharing it. 452 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:05,623 We start searching all the drawers, all the closets, 453 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:08,327 under the bed, on the bed, everywhere we can look 454 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,429 that an electronic device could be hidden. 455 00:27:10,562 --> 00:27:13,265 And we found two phones, three tablets, 456 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:16,401 two computers, and two thumb drives. 457 00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:20,439 Detective Golladay uses digital forensic software 458 00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:25,510 to scan the recovered devices. The process takes 60 minutes. 459 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:29,481 If CSAM is on them, the software will find it. 460 00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:31,750 So the special software we use 461 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:34,819 when scanning these devices has identified 462 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:38,857 over 2,000 items of child sex abuse material, 463 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:41,527 and over eight and a half thousand images. 464 00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:46,498 Those images and videos found on Capizzi's device 465 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:49,434 included the 31 files that were uploaded 466 00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:51,870 and sent to me through NECMEC and the cyber tip. 467 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:53,304 At that point, we take him into custody 468 00:27:53,305 --> 00:27:54,306 and put him under arrest. 469 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:59,878 Out of the 18-plus images I showed you, 470 00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:01,914 or more than that, they're on here. 471 00:28:02,247 --> 00:28:03,715 Which means I got to take you in, man. 472 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:13,825 - I'm not gonna resist. - Just want to make sure. 473 00:28:13,959 --> 00:28:16,028 No, I'm not doing anything. 474 00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:32,477 It's like... 475 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:40,986 He throws out the blame game, how his mom's gonna be alone, 476 00:28:41,186 --> 00:28:42,888 his kid's going to lose his father, 477 00:28:43,021 --> 00:28:44,389 and those things are going to happen, 478 00:28:44,523 --> 00:28:46,024 but it's because of his own actions 479 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,527 that he doesn't want to take responsibility for. 480 00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:58,270 That imagery is the worst day of that child's life. 481 00:28:58,437 --> 00:29:02,441 It's a visual depiction of a child being exploited 482 00:29:02,541 --> 00:29:05,109 and sexually abused and molested. 483 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:10,482 It's a day in the life of that child that never goes away. 484 00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:14,086 He is a predator. He is a monster. 485 00:29:14,386 --> 00:29:17,222 He damaged more children 486 00:29:17,389 --> 00:29:19,391 by sharing the material that he got, 487 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:22,327 and he absolutely got what he deserved. 488 00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:35,440 July 27, 2017. 489 00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:38,910 Tony and his partner, Detective Brandon Poor, 490 00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:42,314 are conducting surveillance in a North Dallas parking lot. 491 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:45,616 They're monitoring a suspect who believes he's meeting 492 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,786 two teenage boys for sex. 493 00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:52,157 He's confident enough to stop and buy condoms on the way. 494 00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:01,499 His arrest is one of the most dramatic takedowns 495 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,135 of Tony's career. 496 00:30:03,268 --> 00:30:05,604 Put your hands up! 497 00:30:06,071 --> 00:30:07,372 Down on the ground! 498 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:11,076 The predator in this next case is the sickest dirtbag 499 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:13,679 I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with. 500 00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:16,715 William Potter. 501 00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:21,386 This guy was prolific online, and super cautious, too. 502 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:23,288 To catch him, my coworker and I 503 00:30:23,422 --> 00:30:25,290 had to run two undercover profiles 504 00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:27,993 at the same time to lure this guy out. 505 00:30:34,266 --> 00:30:36,068 July 10th of 2017, 506 00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:38,036 I got a phone call from Brandon Poor, 507 00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:40,105 one of my colleagues on the task force. 508 00:30:41,073 --> 00:30:43,075 And he began to give me some details 509 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:47,312 about the target he's identified that was in my particular area. 510 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,615 Brandon works undercover cases for a neighboring agency. 511 00:30:51,717 --> 00:30:54,786 I basically got him trained up, pointed in the right direction, 512 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:59,358 and he hit the ground running, and took off like a rocket. 513 00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:04,029 I joined the Crimes Against Children Unit in 2014. 514 00:31:04,229 --> 00:31:05,330 I love the work. 515 00:31:05,464 --> 00:31:08,266 It's the best spot in the entire policing industry. 516 00:31:08,467 --> 00:31:11,002 It's the place where you get truly innocent victims 517 00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:13,071 and you make an impact for life. 518 00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:22,647 Detective Brandon Poor briefs Tony 519 00:31:22,781 --> 00:31:25,717 on a suspected predator he's found online. 520 00:31:27,052 --> 00:31:28,320 Brandon tells me that 521 00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:31,289 he had responded to a pretty crazy Craigslist ad. 522 00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:35,527 OK, so this is the ad I responded to. 523 00:31:37,863 --> 00:31:40,398 "I'm looking for a son that wants to play. 524 00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:43,769 "I'm open to almost anything that feels good, 525 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,804 "including touching, body contact, 526 00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:47,973 "cuddle, being [bleep], et cetera. 527 00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:52,244 18 to mid-twenties is a plus, but open to all." 528 00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:56,214 Some problematic stuff in there, yeah? Boy. 529 00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:59,584 Yeah, the 18 to twenties, but open to all, 530 00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:00,986 that was enough for me to know. 531 00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:02,754 Yeah, he tries to be a little ambiguous, 532 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,157 but it's pretty clear what he's looking for. 533 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:09,528 I suspect he's had some success, 534 00:32:10,629 --> 00:32:12,998 if he's so bold to put all that in there, you know? 535 00:32:13,632 --> 00:32:16,868 - And you replied to this ad? - I did. 536 00:32:21,239 --> 00:32:22,974 When I saw the ad on Craigslist, 537 00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:28,013 I created a profile of a young underage boy named Ethan, 538 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:31,483 and sent an email in response to his ad. 539 00:32:34,419 --> 00:32:37,122 He introduced himself as Joe Richards. 540 00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:40,525 I know from experience and just doing this for so long 541 00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:43,161 that Joe Richards is probably not his name. 542 00:32:44,262 --> 00:32:46,598 I told him I have a cousin. 543 00:32:47,466 --> 00:32:49,768 He told me that I should tell him I was 18, 544 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:52,971 putting in parentheses, "hint, hint." 545 00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:00,111 It was clear in his communications 546 00:33:00,245 --> 00:33:02,247 that he wanted to do things 547 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:04,416 that would be harmful to children. 548 00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:05,584 He is very dangerous. 549 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,388 Knowing that he's in Tony's backyard, 550 00:33:10,522 --> 00:33:12,791 I call Tony and tell him we need to team up. 551 00:33:19,097 --> 00:33:21,967 On July 2017, I create a new undercover profile 552 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:25,470 of a 14-year-old boy named Adam, and this is Ethan's cousin. 553 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:29,574 I email Joe Richards as Ethan 554 00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:33,278 and make an introduction to my cousin. 555 00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:35,280 This is really unique. 556 00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:38,884 Two undercover boy profiles with the same subject. 557 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:42,287 Joe Richards bites. 558 00:33:42,921 --> 00:33:45,724 I'm trying to just be kind of chill and coy and cool. 559 00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:50,462 But seem appealing enough that he'll want to continue to talk. 560 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:55,033 So now I want to show that I am a vulnerable kid 561 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,769 who's confused about my sexuality. 562 00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:05,277 The particular message about being discreet and secret, 563 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:06,745 it's a huge red flag. 564 00:34:08,947 --> 00:34:11,917 I'm ready to see if this guy's interested in a meet. 565 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:14,286 I do that by telling him, like, 566 00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:16,988 "Oh, hey, I told you Ethan's coming to stay next week." 567 00:34:17,556 --> 00:34:19,491 He is very, very excited. 568 00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:23,361 And he suggests that we meet July 27th of 2017. 569 00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:28,400 At this point, he thinks he's hit the lottery. 570 00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:31,770 He has scored so big in his own mind, 571 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,806 he's going to have a sexual encounter with two boys 572 00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:37,576 at the same time? This dude is over the moon. 573 00:34:39,544 --> 00:34:42,213 What Joe asks me next kind of shocks me a little bit. 574 00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:45,216 He asked me to go shopping. 575 00:34:46,518 --> 00:34:49,621 Who does he think he is to get this kid 576 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:52,490 to go buy condoms for his own sexual assault? 577 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:57,262 I tell him I'm afraid. He tells me that's fine. 578 00:34:57,395 --> 00:35:01,499 He will do it, but I have to pay him back. What a cheap ass. 579 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:06,071 It just shows the real depravity of this guy's brain. 580 00:35:11,876 --> 00:35:14,612 We're trying to find out Joe Richards' real identity. 581 00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:16,848 We subpoenaed Craigslist, 582 00:35:16,982 --> 00:35:19,451 we get back a treasure trove of records, 583 00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:22,320 including postings that he's made for the last year, 584 00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:26,725 all very similar to the one that I responded to as Ethan. 585 00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:29,127 The true identity of the person 586 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:31,563 who's made these posts is William Potter. 587 00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:41,640 Here's our guy, William Potter. 588 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:47,078 We find out he was arrested by Waco PD on March 31st of 2017. 589 00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:48,246 And he was charged at that time 590 00:35:48,380 --> 00:35:49,714 with online solicitation of a minor. 591 00:35:50,382 --> 00:35:53,418 Investigators in Waco later dropped the charge, 592 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:57,689 and Potter is convicted of no crime in relation to that case. 593 00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,190 At the time of that arrest, 594 00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:01,526 his computer and cell phone had been seized. 595 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,162 We find out that this guy's been handled 596 00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:05,563 by three different agencies. 597 00:36:06,798 --> 00:36:08,466 So we want to make sure that we get our hands 598 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,035 on him as quickly as possible. 599 00:36:13,872 --> 00:36:14,839 Tony is hunting 600 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,642 suspected child predator William Potter. 601 00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:20,511 There's an exchange of messages between Potter and I 602 00:36:20,512 --> 00:36:23,815 about where and how to meet, and I suggest a local store 603 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:25,250 that's down the street from my house. 604 00:36:26,951 --> 00:36:29,386 The reason I picked that particular store 605 00:36:29,387 --> 00:36:31,556 is he is familiar with the area, 606 00:36:31,723 --> 00:36:35,326 and it gives me and my team tactical advantage. 607 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:38,462 We can sit up and watch and have the capability 608 00:36:38,463 --> 00:36:39,631 of doing a safe takedown. 609 00:36:40,665 --> 00:36:42,033 I asked Joe, like, 610 00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:44,803 "How am I gonna know if you're there or not? What are you in?" 611 00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:50,074 And he describes a 1991 Pontiac Firebird with blue wheels. 612 00:36:50,075 --> 00:36:52,677 Really specific, really random car. 613 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:54,312 Going to be super easy to spot. 614 00:37:13,465 --> 00:37:14,665 We don't have to wait long, 615 00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:17,168 because he does not live far from this location. 616 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:37,421 Potter sits in his car for just a minute, 617 00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:39,190 just assessing the situation. 618 00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:42,327 And at one point, he exits the vehicle, 619 00:37:42,427 --> 00:37:44,362 and he begins to walk into the store. 620 00:38:07,318 --> 00:38:09,620 If he does go to purchase the condoms, 621 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:13,558 it's magnificent evidence, it will be used against him. 622 00:38:17,195 --> 00:38:18,796 Potter pays for the condoms. 623 00:38:18,997 --> 00:38:21,432 He's about to exit the store and be arrested. 624 00:38:31,476 --> 00:38:33,812 As he exits the store, we are watching him. 625 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:42,887 What happens next is crazy to me. 626 00:38:53,431 --> 00:38:55,166 Get on the ground! 627 00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:01,505 What are you doing!? 628 00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:05,309 Potter is very unhappy about his arrest. 629 00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:08,279 He is moaning and groaning, making a big production. 630 00:39:08,479 --> 00:39:11,015 I have zero sympathy for him at this point. 631 00:39:40,078 --> 00:39:41,945 Potter invokes his Miranda rights, 632 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:44,147 which he's very entitled to do. 633 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:47,585 It was wildly disappointing for me, for him to do that. 634 00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:51,556 I almost take it as a personal failure, 635 00:39:51,756 --> 00:39:53,558 that I could not convince this guy 636 00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:54,926 to have a conversation with me. 637 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,962 So Potter is afforded an opportunity to use the phone, 638 00:39:58,429 --> 00:40:00,598 and does, and calls his wife. 639 00:40:01,032 --> 00:40:03,334 To accept this call, press one. 640 00:40:03,434 --> 00:40:05,370 Call accepted. 641 00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:35,366 I feel bad for his wife, 642 00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:39,203 because her life just absolutely fractured in half. 643 00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:42,240 Her world just collapsed with this news. 644 00:40:42,707 --> 00:40:45,677 I feel for her, because now she has no choice 645 00:40:45,877 --> 00:40:49,881 but to live with the actions of her stupid husband. 646 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:54,319 My takeaway from the Potter case 647 00:40:54,519 --> 00:40:56,154 is he's just a bad guy. 648 00:40:56,587 --> 00:41:00,391 He wanted to meet minor boys for sex no matter the cost. 649 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:02,593 And it was clear that he wouldn't stop 650 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,429 until we had to stop him. 651 00:41:16,507 --> 00:41:19,043 This case shows that predators like William Potter, 652 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:20,310 they do exist. 653 00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,814 And that is why I do the job that I do. 654 00:41:25,717 --> 00:41:28,785 My team and I, we have one mission and one mission only: 655 00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:30,922 keeping America's children safe. 656 00:41:33,224 --> 00:41:35,826 To all the bad guys out there committing these crimes, 657 00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:37,595 you better sit up and take notice. 658 00:41:37,762 --> 00:41:41,399 The Predator Hunters are coming for you.