To Catch a Predator · Ocean County investigation
Ziegfeld Rivera
Ziegfeld Rivera pleaded guilty to child endangerment following the Ocean County sting. He received parole supervision for life and a registration requirement.
Photo: To Catch a Predator Wiki
- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Evidence
- Court-verified
- Jurisdiction
- Ocean County, New Jersey
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl6
- Case number
- 07-08-01236-I
Personal details
- Born
- August 8, 1985
- Occupation
- Pizza cook
- Hair
- Black
Charges & sentence
Case records
07-08-01236-IHansen investigation · Ocean County, New Jersey · 2007 · Sentenced
- Court
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County
- Case number
- 07-08-01236-I
- Filed
- Aug 1, 2007
2 counts · 1 convicted · 1 dismissed
07-08-01236-I
Sentence · Nov 21, 2008
Parole supervision for life and sex offender registration.19
- Other condition: LifeLifetime parole supervision19
- Registration: Term not establishedRegistration required by signed judgment; lifetime duration is separately reported in the archive.1
- Other condition: Term not establishedDNA sample required1
- Other condition: Term not establishedVCCA $50; LEOTEF $30; SNSF $75; SANE $800; sexual-assault surcharge $100; SCVTF $750.1
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Read all4pages of saved judgment/indictment packet. Judgment signedNovember21,2008;2018header is archival filing stamp,not sentence date. Indictment07-08-01236-I; guilty pleaAugust8,2008; final third-degree endangering,count2 dismissed. One-day pretrial credit not converted into imposed incarceration. Original count one alleged attempted sexual assault under 2C:14-2c(4) and 2C:5-1; it was amended to third-degree endangering, not an additional final conviction. One day of pretrial custody credit is not an imposed prison term. The 2018 document header is an archival filing stamp, not a new conviction.
Case narrative
Sting
Rivera traveled from Staten Island, New York, to the sting house in Ocean County, New Jersey. He called the decoy before he left and during his journey, getting lost on the way and repeatedly being told he was going the wrong way. Although he stated that he would bring marijuana, the police did not find any on him during the arrest. He eventually arrived with no further trouble. After complimenting the size of the sting house, he attempted to eat one of the brownies but soon realised that they were stale, causing an audible crunch after he took a bite. Regardless, he continued to chew on them while laughing, asking the decoy Casey Mauro if she wanted to "take a drive somewhere" after confirming (lying) that he had marijuana on him. Casey proclaimed that she'd rather hang out at the house for the time being.
When Casey claimed she would grab a drink and come right back, Rivera attempted to casually follow her with his left hand in his pocket, almost as if he suspected something was wrong. Hansen walked into the room and Rivera, spooked and knowing he was in trouble, walked away, ignoring Chris as he asked Rivera to take a seat. Instead of leaving as he would've hoped, Rivera ran into the police. He stood in shock as he was wrestled to the ground.
Aftermath
Rivera eventually pled guilty to one charge of endangering the welfare of a child, he received lifetime parole and was required to become a lifetime registered sex offender.
2024 update
Hansen tried to reach out, but had no luck.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Ziegfeld Rivera, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 1State of New Jersey v. Ziegfeld Rivera, judgment of conviction, 07-08-01236-IThe signed judgment imposes parole supervision for life, registration, DNA collection, and assessments; count2 is dismissed.
- 2Ziegfeld Rivera 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.
- 3Ziegfeld Rivera 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.
- 4Ziegfeld Rivera 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.
- 5Ziegfeld Rivera original Ocean County arrest reportOriginal one-page arrest report identifies Rivera and records the March31,2007 online sting arrest and historical pizza-maker occupation. It is not a final conviction record.
- 6Ziegfeld Rivera (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.
- 7Source cited in Biography and chat (web.archive.org)Source cited in Biography and chat (web.archive.org). Linked from Ziegfeld Rivera, revision 16086; original provenance and document claims require separate verification.
- 8Ziegfeld Rivera: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 9Ziegfeld Rivera: legal outcome (revision 16086)Parole supervision for life and sex offender registration.