Takedown with Chris Hansen · Livingston Parish, Louisiana investigations
Michael Rhodes
Michael Rhodes was arrested during a Livingston Parish sting featured on Takedown with Chris Hansen. He subsequently pleaded guilty in the case.
- Outcome
- Convicted
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Livingston Parish, Louisiana
- Encounter
- Not established
- Case number
- Not established
Charges & sentence
Case records
Hansen investigationConvicted
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Individual name, location and outcome searches completed on 2026-10-23. No present custody status inferred. RSS episode GUID 62239f18-a89a-11f1-8374-7f3b75523207. The shorthand seven-year reference is not promoted to an imposed sentence without clear confirmation. Earlier seventeen-year drug imprisonment is unrelated and excluded. No actually imposed sentence for this sting offense established by the reviewed sources. Individual convicted count not specified by publisher plea description; retain initial allegations with unknown individual dispositions.
Separate criminal matterSentenced
Methamphetamine distribution
Convicted9
Sentence
Publisher reports prior imprisonment for methamphetamine distribution, including seventeen years served; original imposed duration is not established.9
- Prison: Term not established9
Louisiana prior proceeding explicitly identified by original publisher. No docket, exact dates or imposed sentence length stated. Seventeen years served is not converted to a seventeen-year imposed term. WestVirginia2020 Michael Rhodes meth case lacks matching identity/context and is excluded.
Sources 9
Media
- S16 E10 · Are We Under Arrest?
- S16 E10 · Chris Hansen vs. Lance and Michael - Takedown - Season 16, Episode 10
- S16 E10 · Full Episode - Are We Under Arrest? - Takedown with Chris Hansen
- S16 E10 · Chris Hansen Partial Episode - Takedown - Are We Under Arrest? - S16, E10
- This Former Meth Dealer Is Headed Back to Prison
Sources
- 1Ep. 10 - Are We Under Arrest?Publisher catalog: Season 16, episode 10. Playback availability was not tested.
- 2Ep. 10 - Are We Under Arrest?The current publisher episode description places this encounter in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. It does not state a criminal disposition or sentence.
- 3Livingston deputies: 15 different people arrested for indecent behavior with juvenilesMichael Rhodes is named among those booked for indecent behavior and computer-aided solicitation. No sentence is given.
- 4Have a Seat with Chris Hansen: I Don't Know Who That IsThe episode description says Rhodes pleaded guilty the prior week in the Livingston sting and references seven years; it does not expressly identify an imposed sentencing order.
- 5Chris Hansen vs. Lance and Michael - Takedown - Season 16, Episode 10Official TruBlu YouTube upload. The public player metadata reported this upload playable without channel membership. Metadata provides a media association only, not independent proof of legal allegations or outcomes.
- 6Full Episode - Are We Under Arrest? - 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.
- 7Chris Hansen Partial Episode - Takedown - Are We Under Arrest? - S16, E10Official TruBlu YouTube upload. The public player metadata reported this upload playable without channel membership. Metadata provides a media association only, not independent proof of legal allegations or outcomes.
- 8This Former Meth Dealer Is Headed Back to PrisonOfficial Chris Hansen channel upload. The publisher identifies Michael Rhodes in this retrospective discussion of a Hansen investigation.
- 9Michael Rhodes episode description, GUID62239f18-a89a-11f1-8374-7f3b75523207Publisher describes the filmed Michael Rhodes as previously serving seventeen years in Louisiana prison for dealing methamphetamine. That is time served, not a stated original imposed term. A later sting plea is discussed separately.
- 10"I Don't Know Who That Is" on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 11"I Don't Know Who That Is" on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 12"I Don't Know Who That Is" on Apple PodcastsPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 13Takedown with Chris Hansen episode listEpisode-to-subject associations from season tables, revision 16419. Legal-status cells are not imported.