David Tiriolo

> *"My name is David, and I have been suffering from hair loss since I was twelve years old. I am thirty years old, and I feel and look like I'm fifty. For years, people have bullied me over having a bald head, as you can see. I am looking to raise money to get a hair transplant. Please help me. I just want to live a normal, healthy life, and be able to get out of the house, talk to people, and maybe one day have a girlfriend. Thank you."*
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> David's desperate pleas for people to donate to his fundraiser so he can afford a hair transplant.
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**David Tiriolo** is a suspected predator featured on the **Hansen vs. Predator** segments on **Crime Watch Daily**. He is best known for his pleas for money to receive a hair transplant.

## Background

Before getting caught in the sting, David N. Tiriolo, a 31-year-old single father with a young daughter who worked as a screen printer, was apparently despondent about his lack of getting a girlfriend and blamed his lack of hair for it. He claimed that because of his lack of hair, he was constantly bullied for years. This prompted him to go online to start a fundraiser for a hair transplant. He stated that he wanted to come out of the house, live a "normal, healthy life," and eventually find a girlfriend.

Tiriolo initiated contact with a Tetrad Core decoy pretending to be a 13-year-old girl on the Badoo app. Expressing disbelief at her age, Tiriolo claimed she looked 26 and asserted he was not a "pedophile weirdo." Worried about potential legal consequences, he questioned whether the decoy had any affiliation with law enforcement. Despite these concerns, Tiriolo arranged to meet the girl at the sting house and proposed taking her to a party involving marijuana and alcohol. Making the journey from his home to the sting house in Fairfield, Connecticut, Tiriolo saw the 19-year-old decoy, Nervous Nellie/Nelly, who was posing as the child at the sidedoor. Catching sight of her, Tiriolo decided to drive away. The decoys on the phone attempted to persuade him to return, while the police kept tabs on his movements. After some time, the state's attorney ordered him to be placed under arrest.

## Police interview

During his police questioning, Tiriolo admitted to having used Badoo multiple times, even meeting someone through the platform previously. However, he explained feeling too "nervous" to engage in such encounters again. Tiriolo recounted that the decoy, despite confessing to being 13, made a joke about being 37. He said that it made him uncomfortable, deeming it not "funny" and admitting to being "skittish." Tiriolo stated that his suspicions arose when the decoy mentioned being unable to go to the casino and was always hanging around her dad's friends. He told the investigators that he speculated that the decoy might be getting "pimped out" by her dad and his friends. Acknowledging his reluctance to go to the sting house out of fear of encountering Hansen, Tiriolo claimed that the decoy attempted to "persuade" him to enter, but he resisted, stating he told her it was a "bad idea."

He stressed that he had no intention of engaging in any sexual activity with her and believed she was "joking" about being 13. Tiriolo admitted to seeing the decoy at the door, engaging in small talk, and then deciding to drive off. Tiriolo asserted that he couldn't accurately determine the decoy's age and left the sting house because "something didn't seem right." Acknowledging driving around for 20 to 30 minutes, contemplating going home, he admitted to passing the sting house three times. Reiterating his doubts in her being 13, Tiriolo claimed she told him she was actually in her 20s, considering her teen age a "joke." He disclosed a prior arrest for breach of peace and trespassing, along with his occupations as a screen printer and construction worker, emphasizing his role as a father to a three-year-old daughter. When questioned about his motive for going to the sting house, Tiriolo admitted to having "no life" but clarified he harbored no intention of "hurting a little girl."

Insisting he believed the girl was "joking" about being 13 and assumed she was 20, investigators expressed skepticism about a 20-year-old woman pretending to be a teenager. Tiriolo confessed to talking to the decoy over the phone, describing it as sounding "fake" and resembling a computer-generated voice. He admitted going to the sting house out of "pure stupidity." When questioned about what he would do if the decoy got in his car, Tiriolo asserted that he would ask her to leave. He further claimed that engaging in sexual activities wasn't a possibility for him due to his struggle with erectile dysfunction. Tiriolo admitted to recognizing the situation as "fishy" and berated himself, repeatedly referring to his own actions as "stupid", expressing a belief that his life was over. The investigators, however, highlighted the presence of condoms in his car despite his earlier assertion that he couldn't engage in sexual activities. In response, Tiriolo claimed ignorance about the duration the condoms had been there and attributed it to an increase in his anxiety medication, which he believed had adversely affected his sex drive. Tiriolo once again revealed that he had watched similar shows before and harshly characterized the individuals caught in those situations as "disgusting" and "pieces of shit."

## Aftermath

After his arrest, Tiriolo was originally charged with one felony count of criminal attempted second degree sexual assault, one felony count of attempted risk of injury to a minor, and one felony count of enticing a minor in an obscene performance. Because Tiriolo never sent anything too sexually graphic to the decoy, he was found guilty on a single felony count of attempted risk of injury to a minor while the other two felonies were dropped. On January 8, 2016, Tiriolo was sentenced to a suspended 10-year prison sentence and three years of probation. His probation ended in 2018 and he is still believed to work as a screen printer.

### 2023 Update

In 2023, Hansen was able to obtain Tiriolo's cell phone number and attempted to reach out. When Tiriolo answered, he claimed the connection wasn't good and he was unable to hear Hansen clearly. Hansen confirmed this, stating that the audio from Tiriolo's end sounded choppy. Later that day, Hansen was contacted by Tiriolo's lawyer, and was told that he would pass along Hansen's message and see if Tiriolo would be interested in an interview.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/487303622161729407/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Ten-child-predator-suspects-bagged-in-TV-6551056.php
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2021/06/to-catch-predator-update-fairfield.html