David Demers

He then says he was asked to audition for the Blue Man Group.

When he tries to move in for a hug, Chris Hansen comes out to let him know there will be no hugs tonight. When questioned about his motives, Demers seems to own up to the things he said, did, and sent. This is probably because he believed Hansen to be police. However, Hansen let Demers know this was not the case and let him know that he walked into a Dateline sting.

Thinking the worst was over, David makes more confessions and lambasts his bad behavior saying he needed to be caught and he should have stopped talking to the decoy. He then takes his leave cordially by telling Chris and the camera crew, "Gentlemen, have a good night." He was then arrested by Flagler Beach police immediately upon exiting the house.

Despite his many confessions and admission of wrongdoing to Chris Hansen, Demers pled not guilty in court. He would ultimately be sentenced in 2007 for three felonies: Using the Internet to Attempt to Solicit a Child for Sex/Lewdness, Lewd and Lascivious Exhibition Victim Under 16 Years Old Offender Over 18 Years Old, and Attempted Lewd and Lascivious Battery Sex With Victim 12-15 Years Old. Demers was given twenty-five months in prison followed by eight years of sex offender probation and RSO designation. David would move back to his native New Hampshire after his release where he is featured on their sex offender registry.

Despite his not guilty plea, Demers was the first of the Flagler Beach suspects to be convicted. Demers lost a lot of weight in prison and looked emaciated in his post-release RSO mugshot in Florida. His recent RSO mugshots show that he has put that weight back on and then some. Demers was believed to be spotted at a senate judiciary committee assembly in Manchester, NH, giving his opinion to the floor on marriage equality. Despite sharing the same first and last names, and faintly similar physical appearance, the man in question was not Demers.