Dwayne Chisholm

> “So...when do I get to see myself on TV?”
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Chisholm's profile picture at the time of the sting

**Jerome Dwayne Chisholm** was a predator featured on the Ocean County, New Jersey edition of  **To Catch a Predator**. He is well known for the fact he spelt “genius” wrong on his screen name, as well as his relaxed attitude and apparent enthusiasm for being on television.

## Biography

Chisholm, twenty-nine at the time of the sting, was a personal trainer at a gym. In March of 2007, he began chatting with a girl he believed to be fourteen-year-old named “Alice”. He starts off by mentioning he’s a big bodybuilder and shows pictures attesting to the fact. He also starts to make plans to meet the same night. However, they continue to chat for the next two weeks, during which time, he sends nudes, encourages the decoy to play with herself while thinking of him, as well as talk about the sexual things they plan to do with each other when they meet.

## Sting and Arrest

Knowing the parents will be home, Chisholm devises a plan for the decoy to sneak out of the house to meet him. Despite this, when the day of the meet comes, Chisholm drives right up to the house to meet the girl (genuis move there). Casey comes out to meet him, tells him her parents went to the movies and they go to sit on the beach. Dwayne tries to get Casey to sit on his lap, which cues Chris Hansen to come out early. Opting not to use confrontational language due to Chisholm's large size, Chris very calmly berates him with no snide remarks or quips. For example, when asked how he would feel if someone did the same thing if he had nieces or nephews, Chisholm admits he couldn't be happy. In spite of his intimidating size, he gives a very candid and apologetic interview. He admits what he was doing was wrong, although he emphasises he wouldn't force the girl to do anything, with Chris reminding him that since the girl would have been a minor, whether she consents or not, it is still considered statutory rape.

When Chisholm is exposed, knowingthe jig is up, he apologizes for his actions, saying he didn’t know how it came to this other than he works very hard and life is tough, although he admits this is less of an excuse and more of an unjustified reason. While he is preparing to leave, another suspect, Jean Erick Saintil, arrives at the stinghouse, honking his car horn several times to get the attention of what he believes to be a thirteen-year-old. When Saintil catches a glimpse of Chisholm being confronted, however, he takes off, only to be arrested moments later. Chisholm asks when he can expect to see himself on television, acknowledging he may need to find new work since a lot of people he knows will undoubtedly see him on the show. Chris tells Chisholm that they haven't figured out who's going to be featured yet, and Chisholm understands. As Chisholm attempts to get up and leave, he stumbles off his chair and falls in the sand. He is subsequently arrested by the Ocean County Police Department.

Chisholm was sentenced to six months in jail, one year of probation, and registration as a sex offender.

## Subsequent Conviction

In 2017, Chisholm would be arrested again for Endangering the Welfare of a Child in 2017, and was released in 2018. However, according to an investigation by The Skip Tracer, Chisholm was actually arrested for a probation violation after a neighbour complained about an old, abandoned car outside of his property. When the officers called to the scene interviewed Chisholm at his front door, he claimed that his probation officer was aware of his new address, which turned out to be a lie, resulting in him being taken into custody. The Endangering the Welfare of a Child charge was most likely because he was still considered a danger to the community as opposed to him actually attempting to harm a child directly. His subsequent mugshot showed he had lost all of his muscle mass from ten years prior.

By 2023, Chisholm no longer appears on any public Sex Offender Registry, meaning he either successfully petitioned to be removed or has had his information made private.

## Trivia

* Dwayne’s size was so intimidating to everyone that he had Casey scared he was going to “squeeze the guts out of [her]”. The police also gave him the softest takedown of all the men caught. Instead of shouting commands at him, the arresting officer said in a soothing voice, “Relax. No one’s going to hurt you.” Even Chris chose not to use confrontational language towards him, electing to save such talk until post-production.
* Would often be compared to WWE wrestler and MMA competitor Bobby Lashley.
* According to a YouTube comment on a video regarding Dwayne's rearrest in 2017, he used to work in a centre for disabled and troubled youths, taking them out for day trips where he would draw in older women for the younger boys (some as young as 13) using his muscles, even giving the boys condoms to have sex with the women after telling the boys to lie and say that they were older. He would also allegedly be inappropriate by constantly getting a girl at the centre to sit on his lap. The commenter (who claimed to be 16 at the time Dwayne was exposed on television) described him as "a predator in plain sight", and was especially disappointed because he looked up to Dwayne prior to his arrest, and didn't understand many of the things he did at the centre were wrong.

## Gallery

Chisholm's 2017 mugshotChisholm's 2007 mugshot