To Catch a Predator · Herndon, Virginia investigation
Mark Russel Baggette
Also reported as Mark Baggette
Mark Russel Baggette contacted a decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl during the Herndon investigation. Hansen later described Baggette arriving after filming had stopped for the night.
- Outcome
- Unverified
- 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 imposed sentence has been established from the sources reviewed.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Media
Sources
- 1Mark Baggette publisher episode descriptionThe publisher gives the full name Mark Russel Baggette and age 34, and describes his contact with a Perverted Justice decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. It does not give a charge or imposed sentence.
- 2Mark Baggette original podcast openingAt 184–212 seconds, Hansen places their meeting with 34-year-old Mark Baggette in Herndon, Fairfax County, in late summer 2005. At 291–306 seconds he explicitly says Baggette arrived once after the investigation had shut down for the night. The opening identifies the program as Predators I've Caught.
- 3Mark Baggette on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Exact RSS title and full publisher description identify the subject. Attendance is explicitly described by the publisher. The reviewed opening does not establish the timing or form of any personal Hansen interview. Do not infer no charges from the operation lacking embedded police.
- 4Mark Baggette on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Exact RSS title and full publisher description identify the subject. Attendance is explicitly described by the publisher. The reviewed opening does not establish the timing or form of any personal Hansen interview. Do not infer no charges from the operation lacking embedded police.