[Cool Cat] Thanks Maria!
[Cool Cat] And I love you too!
[Cool Cat] And i'm Cool Cat and I love ALL kids.
(Intense music)
[Male reporter] A reminder, some of what you are about to hear and see is explicit.
Here's Chris Hansen.
[Chris Hansen] We've always been aware that the men coming into our undercover houses could be dangerous.
But as we setup our to catch a predator operation in Long Beach California;
The very first man who arrives has us especially worried.
An unemployed computer technician uses the frighteneing screen name
"can I rape you anally?"
He thinks hes coming to meet a girl who said she was thirteen
[girl] Hi how ya doing? [Cool Cat] You're VERY pretty!
[Chris Hansen] He's met by a youngish looking eighteen year old decoy playing the girl who's supposed to be home alone.
And its time for me to have a chat with him.
Though my arrival doesn't seem to phase him one bit.
[Cool Cat] Hey buddy! Have a seat!
[Chris Hansen] What are you doing here?
[Cool Cat] It's all true. I'm Cool Cat and I love ALL kids!
[Chris Hansen] And you thought it was okay to come over here and meet up with a thirteen year old girl at the age of 29?
[Cool Cat] Well, see, I've thought long and hard about this
and I think kids just need to follow their heart!
I think every kid has something special inside of them and its our duty to the children!
[Chris Hansen] What kind of a guy has a screen name "can I rape you anally?"
[Cool Cat] OH NO, you've got it wrong, that's not the truth!
[Chris Hansen] But remember, we have his chat logs where he wrights to someone who says shes a thirteen year old female,
"I like rape"
Do you think rape is funny?
[Cool Cat] Its fun to do!
[Chris Hansen] What do you do for a living?
[Cool Cat] OOH! Ya know what? I'm going to go upstairs and check my emails!
[Chris Hansen] You act like this is some big joke here.
[Cool Cat] HA!
[Chris Hansen] You ever watch Dateline NBC?
[Cool Cat] OOH! OOH! I sure do!
[Chris Hansen] I'm Chris Hansen, with Dateline NBC.
And we're doing a story on adults who try to
pickup young boys and girls online.
[Cool Cat] It's okay! But always look both ways before crossing the street!
Can't really stop it if you don't know who its coming from!
HAHA!
[Chris Hansen] If there anything else you want to tell us, about why you're here and what you're doing,
we'ed like to hear it. if not, you're clearly free to walk out the door you came in.
[Cool Cat] AWESOME! Buh-Bye! But I gotta go to the bathroom first! HAHAHA!
Wow, that was fast!
[Chris Hansen] And just outside, the Long Beach Police are getting into position.
[Cool Cat] That was scaaary!
OH NO!
[Police radio] Hes running. We just need (unintelligible) units.
(Goofy music)
(Police sirens)
[Cool Cat] OH NO!
[Police officer] Now I know why all the kids love you Cool Cat.
[Cool Cat] Its fun to do!
[Police officer] That's great Cool Cat. Were here to protect and serve.
[Cool Cat] Buh-bye!
[Police radio] Hes running. We just need (unintelligible) units.
(Goofy music)
(Police sirens)
[Chris Hansen] He was charged with an attempted lewd act upon a child.
Under California law; Attempting to have sex with someone under the age of fourteen is a felony
punishable by up to four years in prison.
[Cool Cat] AAH! I've had a really long day!
Its been a wild one today, but it all was worth it.
[Female reporter] That's all for this edition of Dateline Tuesday. I'm Anne Curry.
[Male reporter] And i'm Stone Phillips. We'll see you again for Dateline Saturday night at eight. Seven central
From all of us in NBC News;
Goodnight.