To Catch a Predator · Long Beach investigation
Satinder Thind
Satinder Thind was arrested during the Long Beach, California investigation. He pleaded guilty and received three years of probation, road-cleanup work and lifetime registration.
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- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Long Beach, California
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl3
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- June 3, 1983
- Occupation
- Loan consultant
- Business manager
- Business executive
- Hair
- Bald (formerly brown)
- Eyes
- Brown
Charges & sentence
Attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14
Convicted5
Sentence
3 years of probation,60 days of Caltrans cleanup and lifetime registration.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Case narrative
Sting and Arrest
Thind's drive was rather simple because he lived less than a mile from the sting house. September 10, 2006, marked his arrival. His hair was tied into a man bun when he arrived in a Nissan Infiniti Coupe. The decoy, who was played by Dani Miura , welcomed Thind when he reached the sting house. He walked after her to the hot tub. Thind was asked to take a seat by the bar as Chris Hansen entered the room from the opposite corner.
Thind informed Chris to look through the conversation logs that his aims were to refrain from having sex. Chris emphasized that he was in possession of the transcripts and said he had coerced the child into having intercourse with him. Thind then put blame on the decoy, saying she insisted that he came over. Like the majority of child sex predators, Thind insisted he was at the sting house out of concern for the child's safety. By the end, Thind claimed he stopped by to say "hi" because he was already on his way to his parent's house.
When Chris identified himself, and the cameras rolled, Thind requested whether he could be informed when his segment would air. Following that, Thind exited the residence and was arrested by the Long Beach Police Department outside. When the police search through Thind's car, they find a legally registered loaded handgun in the trunk.
Aftermath
In 2007, Thind pleaded guilty to a felony count of attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under fourteen years of age. According to Perverted Justice, Thind received "The Long Beach special," three years of probation, sixty days of Caltrans cleanup, and lifetime registration as a sex offender.
Thind quickly obtained employment with Blue Oval Car Rental, where he eventually rose to the position of managing partner for the company's branches at the LAX and San Diego Airports from 2008 to 2011. After completing the probation and community service requirements of his sentence, Thind entered the marijuana business. He has served as the CEO and COO of Cannabis Operating Solutions since 2018.
Trivia
Thind is one of the rare instances where the predator's life has drastically improved since his appearance on the show. Thind is now completely bald. Dani Miura actually saw Thind at a Los Angeles gym many years after his arrest, though she quickly left before he recognized her.
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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Media
Sources
- 1Satinder Thind 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.
- 2Satinder Thind 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.
- 3Satinder Thind (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.
- 4Satinder Thind: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 5Satinder Thind: legal outcome (revision 13452)3 years of probation,60 days of Caltrans cleanup and lifetime registration.