Takedown with Chris Hansen · Livingston Parish, Louisiana investigations
Jonathan Moss
Jonathan Moss was arrested and charged following the Livingston Parish operation featured on Takedown with Chris Hansen.
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- Outcome
- Charged
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Livingston Parish, Louisiana
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl7
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Hair
- Brown
- Eyes
- Brown
Charges & sentence
Indecent behavior with a juvenile
Pending8
Sentence
A verified sentence has not yet been added.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationCharged
Separate criminal matterConvicted
WBRZ establishes two arrest allegations. The archived biography separately reports a conviction without identifying which charge or the sentence. That conviction remains community-reported, not court-verified; individual dispositions and sentence are unknown. WBRZ says age 18, unlike the biography age 17; the article link and recalled incident provide the identity bridge. No private victim details retained.
Case narrative
Biography
At one point, Moss lived in Texas. He was convicted of the charge and given a chance to rehabilitate.
Sting
When Moss arrived to the sting apartment, he attempted to follow the decoy into a bathroom. However, after seeing Chris Hansen , he tried to escape out of the front door. Deputies quickly threw him to the floor and detained him.
Eventually, Moss began speaking. He told Chris that he had a second chance at life, referencing his prior arrest, but that he wasted it. He stated that he had changed to be a better person after his last arrest, but that he was still a human and makes "small mistakes." He feared that the new arrest would mean the loss of custody of his son. Moss asserted that he would take responsibility for his actions, despite referring to the current situation as a "small mistake."
Moss then told Chris about his personal problems. Although he had not gone to therapy, Moss relied on a support group of friends to help him. Moss then blamed the fourteen-year-old victim for his prior arrest, claiming that she lied about her age being fifteen. He further blamed the victim by saying that she was the one who recorded the video and shared the video to other students. However, deputies claimed that Moss was the one who filmed and shared the video. He said that his efforts to go back to school and get jobs were hindered by the previous incident. Lamenting over his struggles in life, Moss stated "26 (his age) is as far as I go."
Moss refused to answer if he brought condoms to the sting. He also told Chris that he would not have gone through with having sex with the girl had it not been a sting.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Jonathan Moss, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 1Ep. 8 - Jonathan's Blame GamePublisher catalog: Season 12, episode 8. Playback availability was not tested.
- 2Full Episode - Jonathan's Blame Game - Takedown with Chris HansenOfficial TruBlu YouTube upload. The public publisher listing or watch page marks this upload as members-only; subscriber playback was not tested. Metadata provides a media association only, not independent proof of legal allegations or outcomes.
- 3Chris Hansen vs. Jonathan - Takedown - Season 12, Episode 8Official TruBlu YouTube catalog entry. Access and playback were not verified; the channel catalog establishes the upload title and video identity only. The person association uses the cited publisher episode metadata and named episode index; no legal facts are inferred.
- 4Chris Hansen Partial Episode - Takedown - Jonathan's Blame Game - S12, E8Official TruBlu YouTube catalog entry. Access and playback were not verified; the channel catalog establishes the upload title and video identity only. The person association uses the cited publisher episode metadata and named episode index; no legal facts are inferred.
- 5Baton Rouge teenager booked on two felony chargesThe October 26, 2016 report identifies Jonathon Moss, 18, booked on pornography involving juveniles and carnal knowledge of a juvenile charges. It supplies no conviction or sentence.
- 6Livingston sting arrest roster includes Jonathon MossThe March 5, 2025 report identifies Jonathon Moss, 26, among eleven arrests in the early-February Livingston operation involving Chris Hansen. It does not specify individual dispositions.
- 7Jonathan Moss (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.
- 8Jonathan Moss: legal outcome (revision 16169)Jonathan Moss was arrested and charged following the Livingston Parish operation featured on Takedown with Chris Hansen.
- 9Takedown with Chris Hansen episode listEpisode-to-subject associations from season tables, revision 16419. Legal-status cells are not imported.
- 10Jonathan Moss (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.