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Hook. >> i was wrong for what i did. i know that. i will do anything to help you guys out. >> what should happen to you? >> counseling. obviously, i would like to be able to be given the chance to help you guys out any way i can. >> what can you do to help us out? >> anything that you suggest. >> well, i'm not a policeman. i'm chris hansen of "dateline nbc" and we're doing a story on computer predators. you're free to leave right now. if there's anything else you want to say, we're happy to hear it. if you care to leave, you're welcome to leave. >> i'd like to leave. >> this is a case where wh...

>> yeah. >> you must have been hoping for something really special to drive that far on a saturday afternoon. >> i needed to get out of town, too. see what happens. >> you sent her pornographic images, these images of you, your genitals to a 13-year-old girl. >> i never meant any harm at this point, sir. >> you would have had sex with this girl if the opportunity arose? >> no. i probably wouldn't because -- no. i was thinking on the way here i'd maybe -- i just need to talk, you know. >> well, you were talking online here. >> yeah. >> you tell her that you'll teach her various sex acts. >> you...

Asked is are you a virgin? she said no. >> doesn't change the fact that she said that she was 13. and you brought gear for sex. >> yeah. true. >> so here's the other thing. here you are, 26 years old. talking to a 13-year-old. saying you gotta be careful. why? there are a lot of sexual predators out there. predators. >> am i one? >> are you? you know, it's against the law. >> oh. >> oh? >> yeah, yeah. no, no. i mean, it's bad. >> it's time to wrap up this interview and make room for our next visitor. >> well, there's something i gotta tell you. i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc." >> [ bleep ...

Online. >> i've went to counseling many, many times. >> so based upon the fact that you're here to meet a 14-year-old, that counseling isn't working out too well, is it? >> not at all. >> it's possible that the counseling isn't working because he says he stopped going about 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...

>> i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc" and we are doing a story on adults who meet teens on the internet. like most of the men who find out they have been caught in a "dateline" undercover investigation, this man, the 45-year-old truck driver who made plans online to meet a girl who told him she was 14, has nothing more to say. you're obviously free to walk out that door that you came in. >> i will do that. thank you. >> but he won't get very far. >> get down. get your ass on the ground now. >> ft. myers police are ready to make the arrest. >> do everything you're told. you will not get hurt....