Jerry Martin-Kosis

> **Chris Hansen:** "How far was the walk?"
> **Jerry:** "I don’t remember.”
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>  - Jerry forgetting the walk he literally just went on.
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> **Chris Hansen:** "You did? Where'd you have to walk from?"
> **Jerry:** "A waaaaayyyy wayyyyyy wayyyyyy..."
> **Chris Hansen:** "Way way?"
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>  - Jerry's senseless answer to Chris Hansen.
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Jerry's Riverside mugshot

**Jerry Wayne Martin-Kosis** is an unaired suspected predator featured in the Riverside, California edition of **To Catch a Predator.** He is something of a cult figure in the TCaP community due to his odd speech patterns, creepy appearance and seemingly minimal intellect.

## Chat

30-year-old Jerry Martin-Kosis started an online conversation with a Perverted Justice decoy who was posing as a 13-year-old girl named "Chloe." While the conversation was not as sexually explicit as some of the other predators caught in the sting, Jerry asked whether she wanted a boyfriend and if she wanted one her age. By asking if she is ticklish and indicating how he wants to tickle her, he then begins to test her boundaries. She remarked she would likely pee on him, he didn't seem to care. Jerry urged her to wear a dress or skirt and take off her underwear so she can urinate on him more. Then Jerry instructed the decoy to hold her pee for him. Jerry claimed he wanted to be under her when the decoy said she urinated herself. Then Jerry began to discuss her "cuter side," asking if she would take her underwear down for him. He also tried scat play, but the decoy swiftly rejected that idea.

## Sting

Jerry boarded a bus, then walked to the sting house. He immediately headed in her direction after hearing the decoy's voice. When Chris Hansen came out and asked where he came from, Jerry said, "wayyyyyyyy wayyyyyy wayyyyyy," pointing vaguely behind him. He insisted that he travelled far just to say hi and meet a friend. Then he said that he most likely had the incorrect address. Chris questioned Jerry about why he believed he had the incorrect address, and Jerry replied that it was "just guessing." When asked about her age, Jerry claimed that she was 18. Jerry said that she told him she was 13 after Chris showed that he had the chat records.

He insisted that his primary goal in visiting was to be a friend to the girl. He then asserted that he had come over to help the girl out. Jerry claimed he wanted to attempt to be a good role model and a "big brother" to her. He said that he would provide her with "brotherly advise" and assist her with her homework. Chris shot down all his excuses, emphasizing once more that he had the chatlog. Jerry declared that he didn't want to engage in excessively sexual conversation. Jerry remarked that he "wasn't thinking too clearly" when questioned why he mentioned being urinated on by the girl. After Chris stated he was with Dateline NBC and the cameras came out and started to roll, Jerry asked to stay anonymous. After Chris explained he couldn't do that, Jarry politely accepted, saying he understood. He then got up from the stool and was arrested by Detective Chad Bianco.

## Aftermath

Jerry was originally charged with attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age and attempted to annoy or molest a person believed to be under 18 years of age, both felonies. His bail was set at $50,000. Jerry tried to fight his charges and it took more than three and a half years from the day of his arrest before he pleaded guilty. He was convicted and found guilty of a felony attempt to annoy or molest a person believed to be under 18 years of age. In 2009, he was sentenced to 240 days in jail, three years of probation, lifetime registration as a sex offender, required to attend counselling, restricted from using the internet and prohibited from interacting with children under 18.

## 2022 Update

Chris Hansen did an episode on Jerry for his *Predators I've Caught* podcast. According to Hansen, Jerry moved back in with his parents following the sting. He was active on Facebook, mainly using it to document his knowledge and fascination with the public transport system (namely trains), although he has not been active since 2019. Although Hansen claimed that Jerry was no longer on California's Sex Offender Registry, his Megan's Law page is still accessible. This was likely a mistake on Hansen's part.

## Trivia

* While Jerry didn't explicitly talk about having sex, he was up for "human toilet" games akin to Lance Fine, Yazan Asfour, and Edward Hollingsworth V aka "Twink Toilet".
* Jerry is only able to talk to Chris with his torso facing 90 degrees away from them, and his head awkwardly twisted toward his shoulder.
* Many in the fandom believe Jerry to be what an alien that didn't understand what human law or interaction would be like, jokingly excusing his behavior by claiming the sting was his first day on Earth.
* Despite being listed as ethnically black in his RSO display, he's actually of Caucasian and Filipino descent.
* Many in the community have pointed out that Jerry looks like a different person in every picture.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/booking/bookingcollage.html
2. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=jmkosis
3. ↑ https://meganslaw.ca.gov/OffenderDisplay.aspx?searchby=offender&ID=27409276N2101&NSOPRFlag=True&x=ce824aa8-bba6-4448-9a39-f44a8b21c667
4. ↑ https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2020/11/to-catch-predator-update-riverside-part.html