Takedown with Chris Hansen · Polk County, Florida investigations
Nicholas Capehart
Nicholas Capehart was charged after a May 2025 Polk County sting featured on Takedown with Chris Hansen.
- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Polk County, Florida
- Encounter
- Not established
- Case number
- 2504183
Charges & sentence
2504183
Traveling to meet a minor
Felony fleeing or eluding a law-enforcement officer (DOC abbreviated description)
Convicted9
Attempted lewd battery on a child
Use of a two-way communications device to commit a felony
Unverified8
Use of computer service to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child
Unverified8
Resisting arrest
Unverified8
Sentence
Five-year prison terms are recorded for attempted lewd battery, traveling to meet a minor, and felony fleeing. Concurrency and an aggregate term are not stated.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
2504183Hansen investigation · Polk County, Florida · 2026 · Sentenced
- Case number
- 2504183
2504183
Traveling to meet a minor
Felony fleeing or eluding a law-enforcement officer (DOC abbreviated description)
Convicted9
Attempted lewd battery on a child
Use of a two-way communications device to commit a felony
Unverified8
Use of computer service to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child
Unverified8
Resisting arrest
Unverified8
Sentence · May 15, 2026
Five-year prison terms are recorded for attempted lewd battery, traveling to meet a minor, and felony fleeing. Concurrency and an aggregate term are not stated.9
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Individual name, location and outcome searches completed on 2026-10-23. No present custody status inferred. A federal drug-conspiracy opinion involving a younger Nicholas Capehart in another jurisdiction is not this sting and was excluded. Official DC G89159 and offense dates in May 2025 match this Polk operation. DOC offense descriptions are abbreviated. No aggregate sentence or present custody is inferred.
Media
- S15 E5 · Big Nick Gets Dusted Up
- S15 E5 · Chris Hansen vs. Nick and his Little Friend - Takedown - Season 15, Episode 5
- S15 E5 · Full Episode - Big Nick Gets Dusted Up - Takedown with Chris Hansen
- This Predator Gets Into Some BIG Trouble
- S15 E5 · Chris Hansen Partial Episode - Takedown - Big Nick Gets Dusted Up - S15, E5
Sources
- 1Ep. 5 - Big Nick Gets Dusted UpPublisher catalog: Season 15, episode 5. Playback availability was not tested.
- 2Ep. 5 - Big Nick Gets Dusted UpThe current publisher episode description places this encounter in Polk County, Florida. It does not state a criminal disposition or sentence.
- 3Fool Around and Find Out: Polk sheriff discusses 255 arrests in undercover operationNicholas Capehart is individually named with charges in Operation Child Protector VI, the child-sting component of the May 2025 operation.
- 4Chris Hansen vs. Nick and his Little Friend - Takedown - Season 15, Episode 5Official 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.
- 5Full Episode - Big Nick Gets Dusted Up - 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.
- 6This Predator Gets Into Some BIG TroubleOfficial Chris Hansen channel upload. The publisher identifies Nicholas Capehart in this retrospective discussion of a Hansen investigation.
- 7Chris Hansen Partial Episode - Takedown - Big Nick Gets Dusted Up - S15, E5Official 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.
- 8Nicholas Capehart: Operation Child Protector VI chargesNames Nicholas Capehart, 46, of Riverview, and five individually listed charges in the May 2025 Polk operation.
- 9Nicholas C. Capehart: prison sentence historyDC G89159 lists Polk case 2504183 and May 15, 2026 sentencing: five years each for abbreviated attempted lewd battery, travel-to-meet-minor and felony fleeing descriptions. It does not state concurrency or an aggregate term.
- 10"You don't have my permission to film me, " Capehart. "I don't need your permission, Hansen." 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"You don't have my permission to film me, " Capehart. "I don't need your permission, Hansen." 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"You don't have my permission to film me, " Capehart. "I don't need your permission, Hansen." 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.
- 13Florida corrections record G89159The record states current as of October18,2026 and explicitly says currently incarcerated. It lists Polk case2504183, May15,2026 sentencing and three5year prison terms, without concurrency or aggregate. The projected release date is subject to change, not an actual release. The internal confinement substatus does not mean the person is outside prison.
- 14Nicholas Capehart official podcast descriptionThe June8,2026 official episode names Nicholas Capehart, describes his historical work as a window salesman and former Marine service, and identifies a fourteen-year-old girl decoy.
- 15Takedown with Chris Hansen episode listEpisode-to-subject associations from season tables, revision 16419. Legal-status cells are not imported.
- 16Takedown with Chris Hansen episode table: Season 15The named episode-table entry marks Nicholas Capehart as convicted. It supplies no sentence term, imposed date or reliable sentencing-stage detail.