Marvin Harrison Smith II

Marvin Harrison Smith II lived in Berrien County, Georgia. During Smith's younger years, he served as a Dental Technician in the U.S. He was a thirty-five-year-old Baptist Minister and restaurant manager at the time of the sting.

Smith drove two hours to get to the sting house. Smith expressed irritation at not receiving at least a hug when the decoy informed him that she was getting ready when he entered the house. Smith pulls back the curtain to reveal the camera crew as the decoy moves in front of it. He exits the house immediately. Harris County Police ordered him to stop, but he refused. His hands are raised when he eventually stops, and an officer takes him down with a taser, causing him to collapse on the ground. He is then handcuffed and brought to the police station.

The police simultaneously discuss whether they should arrest Phyllis. But, ultimately, the Police agreed she didn’t accompany Smith, and the decision was made not to charge her with a crime. If Phyllis had shown up, she would have been the first female predator caught in the Hansen stings.

Smith could accept a plea agreement in which he would have received six years in prison, but he chose to take his case to the jury instead. His case was transferred to Dalton County, and on November 7, 2007, he was convicted and found guilty of criminal attempt to commit child molestation, attempted enticing a child for indecent purposes, and obstructing or hindering law enforcement officers. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison with a minimum of thirteen years to serve, twelve years of probation, and lifetime registration as a sex offender.

Smith started working on his appeal as soon as he was found guilty. Smith hired Linnie Darden as a new attorney and filed a motion for a new trial. Darden said that since his arrest, Smith never received fair treatment. He said that Smith's prior attorney handled the case ineffectively and fell short of providing the strongest possible defense for Smith. Darden also attacked Perverted Justice's method of capturing sexual predators, attributing it to entrapment. According to Smith's attorney, there were no actual kids in this case because the decoy was not, in fact, 15 years old.

Most of it, Darden claimed, was "make-believe." Therefore, if the person on the other end is impersonating someone else, accusing them of being the real deal is impossible. Daren claimed that his client was being falsely accused of being a predator despite never having engaged in any form of pedophilic behavior in the past. Darden also concerns whether Smith received a fair trial, given that his trial took place in Dalton County instead of Harris County. He then used the race issue, claiming that there was only one black individual in the jury pool and no black jurors on the panel. One of Darden's closing claims is that Smith was sentenced to a more extended period of incarceration than any of the other individuals who were found guilty due to the sting operation. The other people arrested received sentences ranging from two to six years in prison, with some set to be released early. An appeal was submitted in May 2008 by Smith's father, his mother, and co-workers, but it was quickly rejected.

After nearly six years in custody, Smith was freed on February 2, 2013. He will remain on probation until 2025. After Smith had a technical violation of the conditions of his release, he spent another two months in jail.

He lived in the same area as another predator caught in the sting, Jacob Cason . For the YouTube upload by Joey , a low-quality black and white picture purported to be Phyllis was used, revealing her face to the public for the first time. Her last name and whether or not she is still affiliated with Smith remains unknown.