A TCAPist's guide to the unaired predators: Ocean County, NJ
Dec 16, 2019 16:10:08 GMT -5
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This is an idea that I’ve had for a while: a master list of the numerous unaired/unfeatured predators caught on TCAP that gives a detailed background on the unaired men as opposed to just a list of names or whatever else. I’ve had an interest for some time now in the “unaired” predators from each episode, and I’ve seen some other members on here ask questions about some of these guys as well. So, I figured I’d set up these reference threads and create a place for speculation and discussion about these guys.
Basically, these are the guys you see in brief snippets of the episode but the show never actually profiles. In the event that I get replies to any of these lists asking “hold on, where’s predator x?”, my criteria for an unaired predator are as follows:
The predator MUST be seen on camera at some point during the episode.
The predator MUST meet no more than ONE of these criteria:
- being mentioned by their full name during the episode
- having their chat log read during the episode by either CH or the narrator
- having more than 30 seconds of dedicated airtime
Initially, I thought of making this all one thread, but decided that that would probably wind up being unreasonably huge. Instead, I opted to break it up into 1-3 stings’ worth of guys per thread.
I’m lowkey pretty psyched to cover these guys, just because of how local this sting is from my perspective. I know the area fairly well and actually went to Point Pleasant Beach (about 5 minutes north of Mantoloking, where this was done) many a time as a kid. One of the predators, Gregory Stewart, lived about ten minutes away from me when he showed up to the sting with his Canadian tuxedo and shitty pizza.
I also get hit with an overwhelming amount of nostalgia every time I watch this episode because the setting (an old cedar shake house on the shore, that looked untouched since it was built in the '20s, that was leveled by Sandy) is just so quintessentially 2007 New Jersey that it just takes me back like nothing else.
New Jersey was quite kind to us, in that we were treated to twenty-four of the twenty-eight predators being named on television, with even those who weren’t interviewed getting a fair amount of screen time and a narration of everything that transpired once they rolled onto Lyman St. and towards the house. However, four of them were omitted for one reason or another… and unfortunately, they might’ve been the four with the most interesting stories of all of those caught in NJ.
The four unaired NJ predators who can be seen in footage during the episode are:
CHRIS RAYNOR
Age: 22
Screenname: redneckraynor20
Location: Hamilton Township, NJ
CH Interview: yes
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=redneckraynor20
The very first guy that showed. NBC showed him walking into the house and talking to Casey. Him being the first to show also means that Raynor is also the first guy Casey met, and their conversation is where we got the ad-libbing, uncomfortable-conversation-carrying decoy character that would be prevalent throughout this sting, as well as in Bowling Green and with two other actors in Fairfield.
It is assumed that he was interviewed by CH, as it is stated that he walks out of the house several minutes after David Russell, who showed just a few minutes after he did, was arrested. Aside from one other small, grainy shot of him walking into the house, his initial meeting with Casey is the only time we see him. His face is never shown on camera.
Raynor re-offended in 2017 and has since been arrested again.
JUSTO BENAVIDES
Age: 23
Screenname: MatrixJB84
Location: Kearny, NJ
CH Interview: yes
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=MatrixJB84
Seen in several shots during both episodes, walking up to the house, being interviewed, and being arrested. Is most notable for the few-second cameo he has in Part 2, in which he looks at CH and asks “this is the Dateline thing?”. Not much else is known about him, although his RSO information can be accessed via the PA Megan’s Law website (which is odd, considering that he still lives in Kearny).
SEAN LEE
Age: 33
Screenname: sean_lee53
Location: Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ
CH Interview: no
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=sean_lee53
Can be seen for a grand total of about three seconds during the episode, and a part of me thinks that this was done on purpose (this will be elaborated on later). He is seen once after Richard Burnham’s segment just before the commercial break, walking up to the door with a huge smile on his face as Hansen teases the “many more potential predators who stick around to answer his questions.” He is also seen being carried away in cuffs at the end when all of the predators are shown.
According to Casey’s Reddit AMA, Lee showed at the same time as Jeremy Keister and Michael Murray, presumably immediately after Murray walked into the house (she never directly states that it was Lee, but the order of arrests and his red Lexus being visible in the background of the Murray arrest strongly indicates it being him). He was arrested before he could get into the house, and held outside as the cops waited for CH to wrap up with the other two.
What is perhaps most interesting about this predator is how he was handled by PeeJ and NBC. From all available information that I have, I believe he is likely severely mentally handicapped. His occupation was listed on the arrest sheet as being “disabled and unemployed”, and he mentioned having to go to a “meeting” during his chat that the decoy started trying to get him to cancel. What’s even stranger is that the only mention of this meeting is when the decoy tells him to cancel - before that, twelve minutes’ worth of chat are completely edited out, and what was probably Lee’s explanation of the meeting was completely gone from the chat. This leads us to wonder... what kinds of issues could this guy have had for NBC and PeeJ to go to these lengths to pretend like he never showed up?
WILLIAM HARE
Age: 21
Screenname: venom8518
Location: Bedminster, NJ
CH Interview: no
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=venom8518
The heavy-set kid in the denim jacket that can be seen walking up to the house and getting arrested in several shots during the episode. We never get a good look at his face but I can effectively confirm that it’s him. Tried to pull a Selwyn Knights and show up at the house early and without warning to reduce the risk of running into cops. Because of this, he didn’t get an interview with Hansen, but he did get arrested right on the doorstep.
His chat was also fairly lengthy and interesting, in which he claimed to have worked with a child who was murdered after meeting someone on MySpace (he was a lifeguard at an LA Fitness, and I believe at the Y too), as well as having had an ex-girlfriend who drowned her baby in a toilet. Given how bland and depressing the rest of his life sounds, I’m calling bullshit on both counts.
These are all of the unaired preds I could find whilst combing through the NJ footage for them. If you see anything (or any clearer shots of these guys) that I missed, message me with a timestamp or screenshot and I'll see if I can't add it to the thread.
Basically, these are the guys you see in brief snippets of the episode but the show never actually profiles. In the event that I get replies to any of these lists asking “hold on, where’s predator x?”, my criteria for an unaired predator are as follows:
The predator MUST be seen on camera at some point during the episode.
The predator MUST meet no more than ONE of these criteria:
- being mentioned by their full name during the episode
- having their chat log read during the episode by either CH or the narrator
- having more than 30 seconds of dedicated airtime
Initially, I thought of making this all one thread, but decided that that would probably wind up being unreasonably huge. Instead, I opted to break it up into 1-3 stings’ worth of guys per thread.
I’m lowkey pretty psyched to cover these guys, just because of how local this sting is from my perspective. I know the area fairly well and actually went to Point Pleasant Beach (about 5 minutes north of Mantoloking, where this was done) many a time as a kid. One of the predators, Gregory Stewart, lived about ten minutes away from me when he showed up to the sting with his Canadian tuxedo and shitty pizza.
I also get hit with an overwhelming amount of nostalgia every time I watch this episode because the setting (an old cedar shake house on the shore, that looked untouched since it was built in the '20s, that was leveled by Sandy) is just so quintessentially 2007 New Jersey that it just takes me back like nothing else.
New Jersey was quite kind to us, in that we were treated to twenty-four of the twenty-eight predators being named on television, with even those who weren’t interviewed getting a fair amount of screen time and a narration of everything that transpired once they rolled onto Lyman St. and towards the house. However, four of them were omitted for one reason or another… and unfortunately, they might’ve been the four with the most interesting stories of all of those caught in NJ.
The four unaired NJ predators who can be seen in footage during the episode are:
CHRIS RAYNOR
Age: 22
Screenname: redneckraynor20
Location: Hamilton Township, NJ
CH Interview: yes
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=redneckraynor20
The very first guy that showed. NBC showed him walking into the house and talking to Casey. Him being the first to show also means that Raynor is also the first guy Casey met, and their conversation is where we got the ad-libbing, uncomfortable-conversation-carrying decoy character that would be prevalent throughout this sting, as well as in Bowling Green and with two other actors in Fairfield.
It is assumed that he was interviewed by CH, as it is stated that he walks out of the house several minutes after David Russell, who showed just a few minutes after he did, was arrested. Aside from one other small, grainy shot of him walking into the house, his initial meeting with Casey is the only time we see him. His face is never shown on camera.
Raynor re-offended in 2017 and has since been arrested again.
JUSTO BENAVIDES
Age: 23
Screenname: MatrixJB84
Location: Kearny, NJ
CH Interview: yes
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=MatrixJB84
Seen in several shots during both episodes, walking up to the house, being interviewed, and being arrested. Is most notable for the few-second cameo he has in Part 2, in which he looks at CH and asks “this is the Dateline thing?”. Not much else is known about him, although his RSO information can be accessed via the PA Megan’s Law website (which is odd, considering that he still lives in Kearny).
SEAN LEE
Age: 33
Screenname: sean_lee53
Location: Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ
CH Interview: no
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=sean_lee53
Can be seen for a grand total of about three seconds during the episode, and a part of me thinks that this was done on purpose (this will be elaborated on later). He is seen once after Richard Burnham’s segment just before the commercial break, walking up to the door with a huge smile on his face as Hansen teases the “many more potential predators who stick around to answer his questions.” He is also seen being carried away in cuffs at the end when all of the predators are shown.
According to Casey’s Reddit AMA, Lee showed at the same time as Jeremy Keister and Michael Murray, presumably immediately after Murray walked into the house (she never directly states that it was Lee, but the order of arrests and his red Lexus being visible in the background of the Murray arrest strongly indicates it being him). He was arrested before he could get into the house, and held outside as the cops waited for CH to wrap up with the other two.
What is perhaps most interesting about this predator is how he was handled by PeeJ and NBC. From all available information that I have, I believe he is likely severely mentally handicapped. His occupation was listed on the arrest sheet as being “disabled and unemployed”, and he mentioned having to go to a “meeting” during his chat that the decoy started trying to get him to cancel. What’s even stranger is that the only mention of this meeting is when the decoy tells him to cancel - before that, twelve minutes’ worth of chat are completely edited out, and what was probably Lee’s explanation of the meeting was completely gone from the chat. This leads us to wonder... what kinds of issues could this guy have had for NBC and PeeJ to go to these lengths to pretend like he never showed up?
WILLIAM HARE
Age: 21
Screenname: venom8518
Location: Bedminster, NJ
CH Interview: no
Chatlog: www.perverted-justice.com/?archive=venom8518
The heavy-set kid in the denim jacket that can be seen walking up to the house and getting arrested in several shots during the episode. We never get a good look at his face but I can effectively confirm that it’s him. Tried to pull a Selwyn Knights and show up at the house early and without warning to reduce the risk of running into cops. Because of this, he didn’t get an interview with Hansen, but he did get arrested right on the doorstep.
His chat was also fairly lengthy and interesting, in which he claimed to have worked with a child who was murdered after meeting someone on MySpace (he was a lifeguard at an LA Fitness, and I believe at the Y too), as well as having had an ex-girlfriend who drowned her baby in a toilet. Given how bland and depressing the rest of his life sounds, I’m calling bullshit on both counts.
These are all of the unaired preds I could find whilst combing through the NJ footage for them. If you see anything (or any clearer shots of these guys) that I missed, message me with a timestamp or screenshot and I'll see if I can't add it to the thread.