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Several prior charges. >> coulson, he had four prior charges from theft to simple battery, simple assault. some of these are aggravated-type crimes. >> but he was never convicted. tonight he will have four more charges added to the list. enticing a child for indecent purposes, obscene internet contact, criminal attempted child molestation and possession of marijuana. one charge was dropped. scoobydoo is brought into the interrogation room. >> oh, my god. i just want to start crying but i cant cr...

Now these suspects are under arrest and heading into a police interrogation room. again, some of what you see and hear is explicit. heres chris hansen. >> it was stupid. im a stupid man. >> after "dateline" confronts a potential sex offender here in rural fortson, georgia -- >> youre free to leave. >> whats going to happen? >> get on the ground! >> law enforcement working with the online watchdog group perverted-justice steps in. >> put your hands behind your back. >> even the u.s. marshal and s...

Hes driven a long way for this meeting. almost two hours. >> there he is. there he is. >> but the driver wont find a young girl inside. instead a "dateline" investigative team awaits his arrival. >> hes coming in. >> why is this man making such a long trip in the dead of night? perhaps because he believes a 15-year-old girl is alone inside, ready to have sex with him. >> open the door and call him. hes coming. >> but his journey didnt begin today. it began more than a week earlier when he entere...

>> lets just not talk about it. >> turns out scoobydoo had several prior charges. >> coulson, he had four prior charges from theft to simple battery, simple assault. some of these are aggravated-type crimes. >> but he was never convicted. tonight he will have four more charges added to the list. enticing a child for indecent purposes, obscene internet contact, criminal attempted child molestation and possession of marijuana. one charge was dropped. scoobydoo is brought into the interrogation roo...

Is a member of perverted-justice, the online watchdog group dedicated to catching internet sex predators. >> its just a matter of getting them in the door. >> "dateline" paid perverted-justice a consultants fee to do what it usually does, go into chat rooms posing as 13-year-olds to 15-year-olds home alone interested in sex. some decoys pretend to be eager about sex. thats because experts we have spoken to say young teens are often curious, even precocious, when it comes to chatting online about...

Since the 14th of july? >> scooby-doo atl-01. >> investigator gary lewis shows the 23-year-old the copy of the chat he had of the decoy playing the 15-year-old. >> that was [ bleep ]. yeah. i should not have done it. lets not read it. >> yes. >> i should never have said any of that [ bleep ]. >> less than five minutes after you all were communicating, she relayed to you she was 15 years old. im curious as to why you continued the conversation. >> because im retarded. >> youre retarded? >> im ret...

>> scooby-doo atl-01. >> investigator gary lewis shows the 23-year-old the copy of the chat he had of the decoy playing the 15-year-old. >> that was [ bleep ]. yeah. i should not have done it. lets not read it. >> yes. >> i should never have said any of that [ bleep ]. >> less than five minutes after you all were communicating, she relayed to you she was 15 years old. im curious as to why you continued the conversation. >> because im retarded. >> youre retarded? >> im retarded. i didnt look into...

>> open the door and call him. hes coming. >> but his journey didnt begin today. it began more than a week earlier when he entered a yahoo! georgia chatroom and decided to hit on a decoy, an adult posing as a 15-year-old. it didnt take long for the 23-year-old, screen name scooby-doo atl-01 to steer the chat towards sex. he asked all kinds of sexual questions, like what positions you have tried? do you like doggy? the decoy says, i never did doggy before, and scoobydoo says, "if we ever have sex...

Free cards. >> why did you pick that girl? >> lets just not talk about it. >> turns out scoobydoo had several prior charges. >> coulson, he had four prior charges from theft to simple battery, simple assault. some of these are aggravated-type crimes. >> but he was never convicted. tonight he will have four more charges added to the list. enticing a child for indecent purposes, obscene internet contact, criminal attempted child molestation and possession of marijuana. one charge was dropped. scoo...

Secret service are involved. remember scoobydoo atl-01? 23-year-old denis coulson? he made plans to teach new sex tricks to a girl he was told was 15. >> oh, my god. im a [ bleep ] idiot. >> after hes arrested, hes put in an unmarked car and taken to this ems station, where he will be questioned by law enforcement. his car is searched. the police find directions to the house, along with condoms and marijuana. >> more tv in here? >> coulson is then brought to a room where he waits to be interroga...