Sebastian Rodriguez

**Sebastian Rodriguez Jr.** is a suspected predator featured in the Riverside, California edition of **To Catch a Predator**. His segment is best known for him showing up with tag along David Macek to the sting house, and David's endless Rockstar energy drink.

## Biography

Before the sting, Sebastian was attending Salt Lake Community College in Utah. Sebastian, who was 20 years old, started a chat with a decoy who he thought was a 12 year old girl. At first, Sebastian told the decoy he was 16, but when the decoy said she wanted someone older, he told his real age. Sebastian then lied again, telling the decoy that his name was Chris. He said to the decoy that he wanted someone who was 12 really bad. He mentioned kissing and touching the decoy. Sebastian also inquired as to whether she was a virgin and if she had ever been with a guy.

Sebastian and his friend David Macek drive an hour to the sting house. Sebastian only brought David supposedly because he was old enough to buy alcohol. When the two entered the sting house with Mike's Hard Lemonade, Chris Hansen confronted them, asking what they are doing. Sebastian said they were just going to hang out. Chris questioned who they are and then points to the drink David is holding. David told Chris it is a Rockstar energy drink, not beer. Chris inquired about the age of the girl they had come to see. Sebastian claimed he didn't know her age. David tells Chris that he wasn't talking to the girl and is only a "tag along." Chris reminded Sebastian that the girl was 12 years old, which caused David to look at both Chris and Sebastian in noticeable shock, becoming increasingly disturbed by the revelation and continuing to drink his Rockstar. Sebastian told Chris he thought the girl looked 16 on her profile. David denied knowing about what Sebastian was doing and continued to say that he was just the "tag along", pretending to drink his now-empty can out of nervousness. Chris reveals who he is, and the cameras come out. After the two leave the house, they are arrested by police officers.

## Behind the scenes

Although Hansen thinks David may have had malicious intent, police believe he did not know about the girl's age and Sebastian's true intentions, so he was released and not charged. He cut ties with Sebastian following the sting, and later got married and had children. He has continued to deny having any knowledge of the girl's age, or Sebastian's intent to have sex with a minor.

Sebastian, on the other hand, plead guilty to a felony count of attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14. He received three months in jail, 36 months probation, submit to random searches and seizure of any property, pay fines, submit a DNA sample, and register as a sex offender for life. For unknown reasons, Sebastian spent 4 years in prison before being released in 2013. According to Hansen on his *Predators I've Caught* podcast, he now works in real estate in the California area.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=sebastian\_lavc
2. ↑ https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2020/10/to-catch-predator-update-riverside-part.html
3. ↑ https://meganslaw.ca.gov/OffenderDisplay.aspx?searchby=offender&ID=18609222N0997&NSOPRFlag=True&x=ce2cba17-b8f7-48e9-9d84-725c82463cbc