To Catch a Predator · Bethpage investigation
Steven Reddington
Also reported as Steven M. Reddington, Suspicious Steve
Steven Reddington appeared in the Bethpage, New York investigation. He was not criminally charged over that encounter.
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- Outcome
- Not charged
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Bethpage, New York
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl4
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Marital status
- Married
- Hair
- Balding
Charges & sentence
Charges awaiting verification
We have not established filed charges from the available evidence. This is a gap in our research, not a finding about this case.
Sentence
A verified sentence has not yet been added.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationBethpage, New York · Not charged
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. No parallel police investigation reported; no sentence or arrest inference.
Sources 6
Case narrative
Confrontation
Instead of an actual child, Chris Hansen welcomes Steven to the sting house. Steven insists that he was aware that he had entered a sting operation. He argues that he went to the residence to check what was happening and is often "suspicious." Steven admits to Chris that he has children and says he just wanted to take the girl to a movie. After Chris exposes him on national television, Steven leaves the house and says he doesn't permit them to put him on television. Since this was Dateline NBC's first investigation into online sexual predators, local law enforcement did not conduct a parallel investigation. Steven was, therefore, never charged with a crime.
Trivia
A fan who traced where he lived revealed his last name. Some footage of Reddington that wasn't shown in the episode was later uncovered in a previously unnoticed bonus episode called "In Our Own Words." While the footage technically isn't uncut, these two clips and other clips featuring Eddie and DarkHero73 are the only pieces of bonus footage from the Bethpage sting to be officially released. However, an uncut version of DarkHero's interview without the facial blur was available online. Additionally, a text sample of Reddington's unaired footage was found.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Steven Reddington, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 1Steven Reddington 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.
- 2Steven Reddington 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.
- 3Steven Reddington official episodeThe March4,2024 episode names Steven Reddington and Suspicious Steve, linking the screen name sr82194 and fourteen-year-old decoy to the original encounter.
- 4Steven Reddington (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.
- 5Steven Reddington: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 6Steven Reddington: legal outcome (revision 13739)Steven Reddington appeared in the Bethpage, New York investigation. He was not criminally charged over that encounter.