To Catch a Predator · Long Beach investigation
Matthew Bland
Matthew Bland pleaded no contest after the Long Beach sting. He received time served, three years of probation, and lifetime registration.
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- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Long Beach, California
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Boy1
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- 1964
- Occupation
- Bus driver
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 150 lb
- Eyes
- Brown
Charges & sentence
Attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under14
Convicted3
Sentence
Time served, three years of probation, lifetime sex offender registration, and counseling.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationSentenced
Attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under14
Convicted3
Sentence
Time served, three years of probation, lifetime sex offender registration, and counseling.3
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. 62 days of pretrial detention described, but no exact judgment credit read. Later noncompliance report is dated and not treated as current custody.
Sources 3
Case narrative
Biography
Bland asked the boy if he ever had sex and told him what sex acts he would perform. When Bland arrived at the sting house, the crew accidentally sent a female decoy to the door. Bland tried to leave the house, but the Long Beach police arrested him.
Aftermath
Bland spent spent 62 days in jail before pleading no contest to a felony count of attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age. He was sentenced to time served, three years of probation, have no unsupervised contact with minors, no weapons, lifetime registration as a sex offender, and take sex offender counselling.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
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Sources
- 1Matthew Bland (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.
- 2Matthew Bland: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 3Matthew Bland: legal outcome (revision 13450)Time served, three years of probation, lifetime sex offender registration, and counseling.