John P. Donnelly

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> "*Now I'm gonna be branded a loser for the rest of my life!*"
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> John P. Donnelly
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> John talking to the decoy
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> ### Aliases
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> * ikeman\_04
> * Jon Donnelly
> * Egg Head
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> ### Affiliation /Occupation
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> * Aspiring sports broadcaster/journalist
> * Lifetime loser
> * Listing Manager
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> Single
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> October 21, 1985
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> Male
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> Brown
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**John P. Donnelly** is a suspected predator that was caught in the Ocean County, New Jersey edition of **To Catch a Predator**. He is mostly known for his neuroticism and mental breakdown during his interview.

## Biography

John was 21 years old when he engaged in an inappropriate chat with a 14 year old decoy named Luci. The chat began on 3/23/2007 and spanned an entire week. He was an aspiring college student who wanted to pursue sports broadcasting or journalism. Little did he know, he would get his first television appearance by the end of the week. At one point in the chat, John became suspicious after running the decoy's phone number through a call tracer and it coming back to a business in Newark. He then asks for her parents phone number, which she refuses to give him. Despite his suspicions, he still stuck to his plan to meet the decoy.

## Sting and Arrest

Upon meeting the decoy on the beach, John makes his nervousness clear from the beginning, telling Casey Mauro about **The Daily Show** and how they would hire cops to impersonate children online in order to arrest predators. Chris then enters and completely frazzles John, causing him to completely lose his shit and dig himself into an inescapable hole. John refers to Chris multiple times as *"officer"*, believing him to be a member of law enforcement. With nowhere left to run, John starts blaming depression as the reason why he wanted to molest a child, and even admits he's only had sex with one girl in his entire life.

Fully lost to his mental breakdown, John cannot seem to stop talking, rambling on about how he wanted to enter college and become a sports broadcaster or journalist. Chris asks John if he's ever been on TV, to which John denies. It's at this point where Chris deals an absolute round-ending fatality of a zinger, *"Well, this is one of those good news/bad news situations, John."* Once the cameras come out, John is truly defeated. He blames himself for, *"being so stupid"*, and sulks in his chair, refusing to budge. He's eventually arrested and taken into custody with no resistance.

John Donnelly received lifetime parole supervision and lifetime registration as a sex offender, and he never fulfilled his dream of working in sports broadcasting. Because John was classed as a Tier 1 (low-risk) sex offender, his registry information is not public. State law in New Jersey only allows for Tier 2 (medium-risk) or Tier 3 (high-risk) sex offenders to have their information made public.

## 2018 Update

In 2018, it was reported by Joey from a source referred to only as "Tom" that John (now going by Jon) worked as a listing managing for a real estate company in New Jersey. This was confirmed by a video of him introducing himself and talking about his role in the company.

## 2023 Update

Chris Hansen did an epiosde on John for his *Predators I've Caught* podcast, where he attempted to contact John for an interview. The number was disconnected, however, and Hansen theorised John may have moved out of New Jersey to another state where he is still privately registered as a low-risk sex offender.

## Trivia

* Hansen's *"Well, this is one of those good news/bad news situations, John."* is renowned as one of his greatest zingers in the entire series.
* John’s nickname is "Egg Head" because he had a huge, egg-shaped head as a baby.
* Members of the TCaP community compare John's outfit to that of a mime, while Mista GG (whithout even trying to make a joke) thought he looked like a school shooter.
* John claims that when he was 14, he was never able to experience romance, unlike the rest of his peers. This could be a possible motive as to why John sought out such a young girl, wanting to experience what he lost the chance to experience as a teenager.

## Noteable Quotes

* [from chatlog] *"we could have lots of fdun if i could come to your house and see u... kissing sucking each other. touvhing each other... having sex if you wanted"*
* [from chatlog] *"...i would be sweet to u... u r the perfect girl"*
* *"I've only had sex with one girl in my life!"*
* *"Every day I can't sleep because I've been thinking, 'This is stupid, John! You know how much trouble this- Why would you sleep with a 14 year old girl?!' And that's why I didn't want to! It's DISGUSTING!"*

**Chris:** *"Have you ever been on TV before?"*

**John:** *"No."*

**Chris:** *"Well, this is one of those good news/bad news situations, John."*

* [once the cameras come out] *"Oh no, please tell me you're not- PLEASE!"*

## Gallery

John (now going by Jon) in a promotional video for the company he works for