Rolando Restocruz

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Restocruz's RSO mugshot

**Rolando Restocruz** is a suspected predator involved in the Fortson, Georgia episode of **To Catch A Predator.** He is known for getting on his knees and begging Hansen to stop reading the chat and let him leave the sting house throughout his interview, as well as being one of many military men caught on the show.

## Biography

Rolando Restocruz, a 33-year-old Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army who served nine years in the Army and completed two tours in Iraq, chatted with a girl he believed to be fourteen named "Whitney". After only a few minutes of chit-chatting, Rolando asked the girl whether she had a boyfriend and if she had ever dated an older man. He made it clear over their three-week chat that he was in love with the girl and wanted to date her. When she doesn't answer the phone, Rolando worries that the decoy is a police officer. He said that he did not use condoms because he was "clean," and that he would remove his genitals from her vagina when he was about to orgasm so she didn't get pregnant.

Rolando enquired about her shaving habits later in the conversation. He then questioned if she masturbated and whether she had ever witnessed a man naked. He advises the decoy not to indicate his age when talking about him to others. Then Rolando queried about whether she wore thongs and the size of her breasts. Rolando offered to be the decoy's sex education instructor when she declared she didn't want to stay a virgin any longer. He said he wanted to shower with her and that he would take her clothes off. Because she was a virgin, and he indicated that having sex with her for the first time would hurt her. He promised to use a lubricant. He talks about running away with her and pretending she's his stepdaughter if anyone asks, as well as being her "loving husband forever."

## Confrontation

Rolando got to the sting house an hour and a half early after driving four hours there. He showed up with lubricant in tow as well as Trojan condoms, beer, panties, a camisole and a webcam. The decoy signals for him to enter the home. He makes himself at home by pouring himself a drink of iced tea. After that, Chris Hansen appears. At first, Rolando believed the girl to be Chris' daughter and insisted he was "just fooling around." Rolando then drops to his knees and tells Chris that the day before, he had gotten divorced. He acknowledged having three kids, including a stepdaughter who is 17 years old. Rolando argued he wasn't going to do anything and said he would have informed the girl he couldn't do it as Chris reads more from the conversation log. He insisted it was his first time meeting a child for sex before admitting that he had previously watched Dateline NBC. Rolando cries, "Sir, please!" as the cameras come out. He begs Chris not to broadcast it and vows never to do it again. He slowly stands up and leaves the house. He is told to go to the ground by the police as he leaves. As Rolando is taken into custody, he sobs uncontrollably.

## Aftermath

Rolando acknowledged carrying everything he had in his truck when questioned by police. Additionally, he acknowledged that he was aware of the girl's age and confessed to all the explicit online comments he made to her. The whole time he spoke to detectives, he was hunched over and spoke in a low, shameful voice. Rolando was then brought before a judge who set his bail.

Rolando was convicted and found guilty of a criminal attempt to commit child molestation and a criminal attempt to commit statutory rape. He was sentenced to ten years in prison with a minimum of five years to serve, 25 years of probation, and was required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was paroled and released from prison on April 27, 2011. As of November 2022, Rolando is wanted by the State of Georgia for failure to register as a sex offender.

## Trivia

* Was called "Resto the Molesto" by the soldiers in his unit after his arrest.
* Is rumored to have propositioned Hansen for oral sex while on his knees in exchange for being let go because he was willing to do anything to get out of trouble.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=marriedandlookingforfun31313
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/latest-news/article29236990.html
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRolando-Restocruz-592866374102298%2Ftimeline%3Fref%3Dpage\_internal