To Catch a Predator · Flagler Beach investigation
Deepak Bist
Deepak Bist was convicted following the Flagler Beach sting and received 21 months in jail. He appealed the conviction.
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- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Flagler Beach, Florida
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl5
- Case number
- 06-1139-CFA
Personal details
- Born
- April 25, 1984
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Height
- 5′5″
- Weight
- 140 lb.
- Hair
- Black
- Eyes
- Brown
- Died
- 2012
Charges & sentence
Case records
06-1139-CFAHansen investigation · Sentenced
- Court
- Circuit Court for Flagler County
- Case number
- 06-1139-CFA
06-1139-CFA
State criminal case, not federal immigration prosecution. Court opinion establishes plea and affirmance; existing 21-month term remains community-reported. Broad statutory heading is not treated as CSAM possession.
5D09-121Appeal · Convicted
- Case number
- 5D09-121
April 9, 2010 affirmance of denial of dismissal after no-contest plea. No new sentence imposed in this decision.
Sources 1
SC10-1129Appeal · Convicted
- Case number
- SC10-1129
September 29, 2010 review denied because court declined jurisdiction. No new sentence imposed in this decision.
Sources 2
Case narrative
Aftermath
In 2009, during his criminal proceedings, Bist was rearrested on an unspecified misdemeanor charge and later posted bond. He was eventually sentenced to twenty-one months in jail on the Flagler Beach sting charges, but he appealed the decision. Since he was an immigrant at the time of the sting, his case was referred to the U.S. Immigrations Service, so it became a federal case which was taken over by the Supreme Court of Florida. By the time his last appeal was denied, Deepak had gone on the run rather than surrender himself to authorities. He is thought to have returned to Nepal.
Trivia
Deepak bears a striking resemblance to Vaikunth Soundarajan , a suspected predator exposed in the Petaluma, California sting.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Deepak Bist, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 1Bist v. State,5D09-121April 9, 2010 opinion identifies FlaglerBeach sting, attempted lewd/lascivious battery and computer pornography/child exploitation charges, no-contest plea, and affirmance. It does not give a sentence duration.
- 2Bist v. State,SC10-1129 dispositionSeptember 29, 2010 order declines jurisdiction and denies review; identifies lower trial docket 06-1139-CFA and appellate 5D09-121.
- 3Deepak Bist on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 4Deepak Bist on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 5Deepak Bist (community wiki)Attributed community article. Revision date describes the article update, not a court or sting event. Full infobox, narrative sections, references and assets are retained in the private archive.
- 6Deepak Bist: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 7Deepak Bist: legal outcome (revision 15668)21 months in jail.