To Catch a Predator · Riverside County investigation
Sebastian Rodriguez
Sebastian Rodriguez pleaded guilty after the Riverside sting. He received three months in jail, 36 months of probation, and lifetime registration.
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- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Riverside County, California
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl3
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- August 11, 1985
- Occupation
- Real estate agent
- Height
- 5′7″
- Hair
- Black
- Eyes
- Brown
Charges & sentence
Attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14
Convicted5
Sentence
Three months in jail, 36 months of probation, lifetime registration, and fines.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationSentenced
Attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14
Convicted5
Sentence
Three months in jail, 36 months of probation, lifetime registration, and fines.5
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Unexplained claim he later spent four years in prison is not used to replace imposed three-month sentence. Companion was not charged; do not attribute companion outcome to Rodriguez.
Sources 5
Case narrative
Aftermath
While Hansen understandably did initially think the “tag along” may have had malicious intent at the time of the interview, police believed he did not know about the girl's age and Sebastian's true intentions, so he was released without charges. He has continued to deny having any knowledge of the girl's age or Sebastian's intent to have sex with a minor.
Sebastian, on the other hand, pled guilty in 2009 to a felony count of attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of fourteen. He received three months in jail, thirty-six months' probation, submit to random searches and seizure of any property, pay fines, submit a DNA sample, and had to register as a sex offender for life. For unknown reasons, Sebastian spent four years in prison before being released in 2013. According to Hansen on his Predators I've Caught podcast, Sebastian now works in real estate.
Trivia
According to his Megan’s Law page, Sebastian’s risk assessment as a sex offender has yet to be completed. In March 2026, his registered sex offender (RSO) photograph was updated, replacing a previously outdated image that had not been changed for several years.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Sebastian Rodriguez, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 161: Sebastian Rodriguez (And the tag along) 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.
- 261: Sebastian Rodriguez (And the tag along) 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.
- 3Sebastian Rodriguez (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.
- 4Sebastian Rodriguez: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 5Sebastian Rodriguez: legal outcome (revision 16366)Three months in jail, 36 months of probation, lifetime registration, and fines.