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Going to be out there. >> thats not -- thats not up to me. >> okay. thank you. >> and just as he suspected, the police are waiting to arrest him. >> get down. get down! >> on the ground. >> heres another man, dallas lee, who saw one of our broadcasts and still showed up. he came to meet a boy posing as a 14-year-old. >> how old is tony? >> do you ever watch "dateline nbc"? >> sometimes yes, ive seen that. >> youve seen the computer predator stories. >> yeah. >> well, this is one of them. >> love...

This may be a television first. >> all i got to say is, nothing is going on here, dude. nothing funny going on here. >> nothing funny going on. >> no. >> if the girl is really 14, i didnt know. >> she told you she was 14. >> we were in a role playing chat room, dude. >> you know how many times i hear that? >> am i being held up here? >> youre not held up. youre free to walk out the same door you walked in. >> how are you all doing, okay? nbc? >> nbc. >> nbc. and youre -- >> chris hansen. "dateli...

I mean, i saw the one where they were coming over for sex with boys and stuff like that, you know. >> right. >> and i -- you know, im not really into, you know, pedophilia or this might be -- this is probably considered that. and i know this is probably going to be on "dateline," too. so go ahead and put it on. >> well, you know who i am. >> yeah. >> im chris hansen with "dateline nbc." >> i understand. i know who -- i recognized from the voice. >> and everything youve just said and done has all...

Fact it was against the law to do what you did tonight? >> mm-hmm. >> but you did it anyway. right? >> mm-hmm. >> do you ever watch television? >> mm-hmm. >> do you ever watch "dateline nbc"? >> no. >> im chris hansen. and im a reporter for "dateline nbc." its a news show. and were doing a story on computer predators. >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. >> once these guys are arrested, theyre evaluated and theyre monitored....

The right thing to do? >> i honestly did consider that. >> do you ever watch tv? >> i do. >> do you ever watch "dateline nbc"? >> i have before, i think. >> have you ever seen one of our stories on computer predators? >> i dont think so, no. >> im chris hansen with "dateline nbc." >> okay. >> were doing a story on adults who try to meet and then hook up with kids on the internet. and this is one of those stories. >> okay. >> if you -- if theres anything else youd want to tell us, wed be happy to...

Internet and sexually charged conversations. >> i know. >> addictions and compulsions. i mean, we see it a lot. >> instead of me being arrested, is there some way you can help me? >> well, i dont know that i can do that. >> i mean, will you give me some of the information here and tell me what exactly is going on? >> you want to know whats going on. do you ever watch television? do you ever watch "dateline nbc"? >> oh, damn, ive seen one of these. >> youve seen one of these. >> and thats one of ...

>> it aint. and i dont know why i did it. i just wanted to party. thats all. >> just party. >> yeah. >> and theres no 40-year-olds to party with. nobody who is grown up in the whole state of ohio. >> i didnt say in the whole state. but not where im from. >> alonzo wade tried to tell me that he was not there to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. now, at some point he cracks a little bit and says, well, maybe he would. and i say to him, well, what it is it? yes, no, maybe so? >> it appears to be cl...

>> again, playful chat. >> playful chat. it sounds like youre excited by the fact that she is a virgin and you might be the first man to have sex with her. >> sir, i really wasnt going to do that. >> he knows hes in trouble at this point. hes starting to admit what hes up to. hes anxious, hes perspiring. you can see it. and he just really wants this to be over. >> theres a couple things you need to know. im chris hansen with "dateline nbc." were doing a story on adults who meet teens on the inte...

>> your heart is always in your throat for the first couple, and then, of course, youre anxious. i mean, youre approaching somebody you dont know, and as much as weve researched this persons background, you just never know whats going to happen. and you have to be prepared. so yeah, youre anxious every time you do it. that never goes away. >> did you find the place all right? >> yeah. >> why dont you bring your bag and come on over here for a minute, would you? >> somehow i knew that was going t...

Im chris hansen with "dateline nbc" and the cameras come out and we ask if theres anything else you want to tell us. so if theres anything else you want us to know, wed like to hear it. >> no, not really. just -- i mean, okay, i realize coming here was a mistake, but good thing that it aint progressed to nothing further. >> its a good thing that we were here and a 13-year-old girl was not. >> right. im not saying that anything would happen but just -- i dont know. i just apologize if ive offende...