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Peter Sciacca

Peter Sciacca was convicted following the Fortson investigation. His sentence included ten years with five years to serve, 15 years of probation, and lifetime registration.

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Outcome
Sentenced
Evidence
Attributed reporting
Jurisdiction
Harris County, Georgia
Encounter
Not established
Decoy posed as
Boy3
Case number
07-CR-087

Personal details

Born
December 1, 1967
Marital status
Single
Height
5′4″
Weight
390 lb.
Hair
Brown
Eyes
Grey
Died
October 12, 2021

Charges & sentence

07-CR-087

  1. Criminal attempt to commit child molestation

    Convicted Feb 19, 2007

    Convicted3

  2. Criminal attempt to commit sodomy

    Convicted Feb 19, 2007

    Convicted3

Sentence

Ten years in prison with a minimum of five years to serve, 15 years of probation, and lifetime registration.

Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.

Case records

07-CR-087Hansen investigation · Sentenced
Case number
07-CR-087

07-CR-087

  1. Criminal attempt to commit child molestation

    Convicted Feb 19, 2007

    Convicted3

  2. Criminal attempt to commit sodomy

    Convicted Feb 19, 2007

    Convicted3

Sentence

Ten years in prison with a minimum of five years to serve, 15 years of probation, and lifetime registration.5

  • Probation: 15 years5
  • Registration: Life5

Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Split prison wording preserved exactly. Later probation termination following death is not an acquittal or vacatur. February19,2007 stated conviction date; exact sentence date not separately established. Community report identifies case 07-CR-087 and July 13, 2022 petition, reportedly granted August 5 after death. Available filing image is cropped, so no court-record upgrade or reconstructed split sentence.

Sources 563

Case narrative

Biography

It didn't take long for Peter to turn it up a notch and start to ask him about the things he likes to do sexually. The decoy expressed frustration about not being able to come out in his conservative neighborhood, fearing physical assault. Peter replied to this by asking if he wants a secret lover. They also spoke over the phone where they talked about getting away from Georgia together. As the decoy expresses boredom in the conversation and tried to get off the phone, Sciacca tried coaxing the decoy to remain on the phone to no avail.

Sting and arrest

Peter would drive two hours in his Hummer H3 SUV from the Atlanta suburb of Norcross to the sting house. It is drizzling outside when he pulls up. He automatically figures out something is wrong when Del Harvey , as the decoy, comes out with her face covered up trying to wave him in. Her voice is several octaves lower than the decoy Peter spoke with on the phone, who sounded like he was still growing into his voice. She also put a southern twang into her voice, which the phone decoy did not have. Suspicious, Peter asks Del to take her hat off to get a better look and heads back to his car when she refuses. He is quickly arrested by officers from the Harris County Sheriff's Office, never getting a chance to be confronted by Chris Hansen . As he was being carted away, the Dateline camera crew zoomed in on his face, to which Peter politely asked for them to get the camera out of his face.

Trivia

Chris Hansen mispronounces Peter's last name as "See-kah" in his post-production voiceover. ”Don Cheech” is also the name of a restaurant in Staten Island New York.

Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.

Peter Sciacca, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA

Media

Sources

  1. 1100: Peter Sciacca on MegaphoneOriginal publisher · Megaphone · Published Dec 19, 2022 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Public 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.
  2. 2100: Peter Sciacca on SpotifyOriginal publisher · Spotify · Published Dec 19, 2022 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Public 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.
  3. 3Peter Sciacca (community wiki)Community wiki · unverified · To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors · Updated Sep 12, 2026 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Attributed 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.
  4. 4Source cited in Sentence and death (i.redd.it)Community wiki · unverified · External document linked by the community wiki · Checked Oct 23, 2026Source cited in Sentence and death (i.redd.it). Linked from Peter Sciacca, revision 16288; original provenance and document claims require separate verification.
  5. 6Sciacca probation-termination report with cropped filingCommunity wiki · unverified · The Skip Tracer, community document reproduction · Checked Oct 23, 2026Post identifies Harris case 07-CR-087 and reports 2022 termination after death. Cropped filing names Peter Sciacca and a 2007 conviction; incomplete text does not establish the full sentence structure.

An on-camera appearance does not establish guilt. Charges, court outcomes, and reported information are kept distinct. Research standards

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