Michael Lubrano

Michael's legendary profile picture

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>  *- Michael asking the decoy if she dosed the trap brownies with weed.*
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**Michael Lubrano** is a potential predator caught in the Ocean County, New Jersey edition of **To Catch a Predator**. He is one of the many suspects who has seen the show and recognized Chris Hansen upon his arrival. He is best known for bringing marijuana that was primarily a stem, as well as his self-deprecation throughout the interview.

## Biography

Michael was 25 years old in the waste management business when he began chatting with a girl he thought was 14 years old. Before he is informed about her age, Michael talks about hardcore sex. After he knows about the decoy's age, he mentions that they can "get high and watch family guy then see where that takes us." During a phone call, the Decoy brings up the topic of him mentioning hardcore sex and he admits that he is still "definitely interested."

He drives to the sting house and is greeted by actress Casey Mauro, who is posing as the 14-year-old girl. She offers Michael some brownies which he happily accepts. Casey asks Michael if he brought marijuana. Michael pulls out marijuana that was primarily a stem. Casey states that she is going to get something to drink and asked if Michael wanted something. That line seems familiar to Michael, and as he follows the decoy, he stops and is stunned to see Chris Hansen. Chris tells Michael to take a seat. Chris then asks Michael what he brought. Michael explains that he brought "some pot".

Michael tells Chris that he knows who he is and that he watches the show, as well as that he listens to Chris on the radio. He tells Chris that he was thinking in the back of his mind that he needed this. Chris asks why, to which Michael says his life is going horribly, admitting what he did was wrong. He later starts to laugh, saying as soon he saw the brownies, he would be running into Chris. Funny enough, Michael states that he is a "religious" *To Catch a Predator* viewer, watching it whenever he has spare time. Michael admits he probably would have had sex with the girl, but he also "couldn't say", as every other time he tried to have sex it went badly for him. When exposed by Chris, Michael gives Chris a fist bump, walks out of the house and is arrested by police officers with no resistance.

## Behind the scenes

Michael pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to endanger the welfare of a child. He was sentenced to lifetime parole and lifetime sex offender registration in June 2008. Despite being unsure as to whether or not he would have sex with the girl, Michael suggested having sex with her and taking her to a strip club. He even acknowledged his intention to molest the girl at his plea hearing.

## Trivia/post-Dateline activities

* Michael is presumably classified as a Tier 1 (low-risk) sex offender in the state of New Jersey. State law only allows Tier 2 and 3 (medium and high-risk) sex offenders' information to be public knowledge.
* Michael’s screen name was a reference to a serial killer from the first season of the popular crime drama “Dexter”.
* Although little is known about Michael's life post-Dateline, some photographs of him in recent years have surfaced, showing he hasn't aged too poorly.
* Chris at one point had a phone number for Michael's family, but the number is no longer "good." Hansen stated at the end of his podcast episode focusing on Lubrano that he would be more than happy to hear from and interview him if he's still a fan of the predator investigation work.
* In 2010, a fan obtained Michael's phone number and posted the exchange to YouTube. The video was later taken down, however, and has not been mirrored. According to The Cappening Channel, Michael seemed genuinely remorseful during the call, but acknowledged he simply wanted to move on with his life and forget it ever happened.

## Gallery

A recent photograph of Michael with friends and family at a restaurantAnother photograph of Lubrano, taken shortly before his 40th birthdayLubrano's 2007 mugshot
## References

1. ↑ https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2021/03/to-catch-predator-update-ocean-county.html
2. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=icetruckkiller103