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To Catch a Predator · Riverside County, California investigation

Gilbert Sutherland

Gilbert Sutherland was identified in the January 2006 Riverside investigation. Hansen later revisited the encounter and described Sutherland communicating with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl.

Outcome
Unverified
Evidence
Attributed reporting
Jurisdiction
Riverside County, California
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 imposed sentence has been established from the sources reviewed.

Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.

Media

Sources

  1. 1Gilbert Sutherland publisher episode descriptionOriginal publisher · Chris Hansen · Published Jun 12, 2023 · Checked Oct 24, 2026The publisher RSS identifies an episode titled Gilbert Sutherland, released June 12, 2023. Its description contains advertising boilerplate, so the title alone was not used to establish a person or case.
  2. 2Gilbert Sutherland original podcast openingOriginal publisher · Chris Hansen · Published Jun 12, 2023 · Checked Oct 24, 2026At 177–205 seconds, Hansen names Gilbert Sutherland, age 26, in the Riverside County sting and dates the arrest to January 2006. At 263–277 seconds he describes their meeting and Sutherland working as an air-conditioning duct cleaner. At 284–300 seconds he describes a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. The opening identifies the program as Predators I've Caught.
  3. 3Gilbert Sutherland on MegaphoneOriginal publisher · Megaphone · Published Jun 12, 2023 · Checked Oct 24, 2026Public episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Title-only lead resolved through the exact RSS enclosure audio opening. Identity is established by the exact episode audio, not a title-only search. Hansen recalls little original broadcast time but does not establish that the segment was wholly unaired. The reviewed opening does not establish an imposed sentence.
  4. 4Gilbert Sutherland on SpotifyOriginal publisher · Spotify · Published Jun 12, 2023 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Public episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Title-only lead resolved through the exact RSS enclosure audio opening. Identity is established by the exact episode audio, not a title-only search. Hansen recalls little original broadcast time but does not establish that the segment was wholly unaired. The reviewed opening does not establish an imposed sentence.

An on-camera appearance does not establish guilt. Charges, court outcomes, and reported information are kept distinct. Research standards

Record updated Oct 24, 2026 · Version 1 · Suggest a correction