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>> over-the-counter viagra or something. >> what kind of effort did it take for police to handle an operation this big? chief hilton daniels is the man in charge. >> we had 50 something police officers. we had officers from the florida department of law enforcement, and we had attorneys from the state attorney's office directing the takedowns. >> and it was the interrogations, according to chief daniels, that proved to be their best evidence. >> they confessed to exactly what was read to them off the chat logs. >> hello? >> remember this man, michael willis, screen name generic white male? he'...

Conversation tonight. i was just going to come out and hang out and see what he was like. >> "qx4boi19" sits and talks to me for more than ten minutes. then amazingly when i start to tell him who i am -- >> well, i got to tell you -- >> he already knows. i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc." >> i know. >> you know? >> uh-huh. >> have you seen previous stories? you have? >> and as you'll hear later, the possibility of walking into an investigation wasn't enough to stop him. here comes another man who's seen our previous broadcasts. >> he's in the laundry room. he's in the kitchen coming towards...

>> i just made a mistake, and i won't do it again for sure. >> and then there were the men who had already seen some of our "dateline" computer predator investigations. >> i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc." >> i know. >> you know? have you seen the previous stories? >> i have. >> you have? and what was your impression of the earlier stories? >> nothing. they were very good coverage. >> good coverage. >> they were good coverage. i've seen a previous movie a month ago. >> okay. and that didn't make you think twice about coming over here to meet a 14-year-old? >> no. i wasn't coming over to ha...

>> and just as he suspected, the police are waiting to arrest him. >> get down. get down! >> on the ground. >> here's 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, i've seen that. >> you've seen the computer predator stories. >> yeah. >> well, this is one of them. >> lovely. >> and there's more bad news for him when he gets outside. an officer wearing a type of camouflage to hide in the bushes jumps out and arrests him. >> police officer, on th...

Five months ago. did you plan on spending the night? >> yes, i -- i wanted to spend the night, but i didn't want to do anything too graphic until i actually met that person. >> what do you think should happen to you, eric? >> just go home and learn from this. >> but he's not going to get off that easy. it's time to tell him who i am. i'm chris hansen from "dateline nbc." he doesn't run with when he sees the cameras. instead he decides to give any potential predator this advice. >> just whatever you do, do not get into underage people at all. i feel regretful. i feel horrible that i did this. >...