To Catch a Predator · Herndon, Virginia investigation
Art Carl Makepeace
Also reported as Artie, vamillionaire
Art Carl Makepeace arrived during the Suburban Washington, D.C. investigation, but his encounter was not aired. He was reportedly not charged over that sting.
- Outcome
- Not charged
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Fairfax County, Virginia
- Encounter
- Not established
- Case number
- Not established
Charges & sentence
Charges awaiting verification
We have not established filed charges from the available evidence. This is a gap in our research, not a finding about this case.
Sentence
No sting-related sentence reported; the community roster says he was not charged.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationNot charged
Community roster reports no charge for the Dateline encounter. No criminal docket is invented.
Sources 5
Media
Sources
- 1Art Carl Makepeace: publisher episode descriptionThe April 15, 2024 episode names Art Carl Makepeace, also Artie, as an unaired subject of the Suburban Washington, D.C. investigation. It gives the screen name vamillionaire, a thirteen-year-old girl decoy, and a sexual-battery conviction predating the sting. It does not give a sting-related sentence or a docket for the prior conviction.
- 2Art Carl Makepeace on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Exact full-name episode title and original publisher description identify this subject and the described decoy encounter. No legal or present-custody inference is made from platform metadata.
- 3Art Carl Makepeace on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Exact full-name episode title and original publisher description identify this subject and the described decoy encounter. No legal or present-custody inference is made from platform metadata.
- 4Art Carl Makepeace on Apple PodcastsPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Exact full-name episode title and original publisher description identify this subject and the described decoy encounter. No legal or present-custody inference is made from platform metadata.
- 5Suburban Washington, D.C.: Artie Makepeace roster entryThe named roster entry says Artie Makepeace arrived, was not charged over the Dateline incident, worked as a dog trainer and had a prior 1993 sexual-battery conviction. Later check-related allegations lack sufficient case detail and are retained only as research leads.