Matthew Cogburn
They’re still showing up:
It seems that Dateline NBC had another one of their “To Catch A Predator” epsisodes tonight. I missed it because I wasn’t home. However a reader by the name of Big Boss tipped me off to one of the guys they exposed…
Another man who despite seeing our previous broadcasts is willing to take the risk of showing up at a stranger�s house to possibly have sex with a minor.
He�s 22-year-old Matthew Cogburn- yesterday was his birthday. He�s here to meet a decoy pretending to be a 14-year-old.
This clean cut all-American looking man has a MySpace page where he says �Jesus rocks� and lists god as his number one hero. But when he goes into a Yahoo chat room, he seems like another person. His chat with a girl he thinks is 14 is so graphic, much of it can�t be shown. He does ask the decoy if her house is secluded so if they use the jacuzzi, �you can moan and squeal all you want.�
Matthew Cogburn (hidden camera footage): Nice house.Decoy: Thank you. Did you have a hard time getting here?
Cogburn: Well the road that I was looking for didn�t show up.
Hansen: Why don�t you have a seat there, and get comfortable for a minute
Cogburn: I had a feeling this was going to happenHansen: You had a feeling what was going to happen?
Cogburn: Is this the national news thing. The national news all that stuff?
Hansen: NBC? You mean like Dateline NBC?
Cogburn: Yeah.
Hansen: What was your plan here today?
Cogburn: I don�t. I can�t answer that as I want to because I�ve been in a struggle with myself on what I want, �cause I�m still a virgin and a just, and it�s stupid that I did this.
Hansen: How old are you?
Cogburn: 22
Hansen: And how old was the girl you were chatting with on line?
Cogburn: The girl said she was 13 or 14.
Hansen: 13 or 14? And you thought that it would be okay to come over here and visit a young girl home alone?
Cogburn: I wanted it, I wanted to think it was okay, but I guess (he shrugs his shoulders)
Hansen: Now, I�m looking at this chat log here. Sixteen minutes into this discussion you ask if she can do �deep throat�. Explain that to me.
Cogburn: No reason to explain it.
Hansen: No reason to explain it. (reading from chat) �How do you feel about sex?� �You on birth control?� or �re you sticking with condoms?� �you got toys�?
Cogburn: is there any ah
Hansen: Well I want you to square that with what�s on your MySpace Website where you talk about �Jesus rocks.�
You�ll hear more about this man�s inner struggle after he�s in police custody.
And thanks to Big Boss we have Cogburn’s MySpace. HIs MySpace user name is “crazyforchristcoggy”. It seems he’s crazier for underage girls.
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12 opinions for Matthew Cogburn
smith
Sep 14, 2006 at 1:13 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/14/myspace.arrest.ap/index.html
K
Sep 14, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Will this episode be rebroadcast??? They need to advertise these better. I love when they bust scum bags.
Trench
Sep 14, 2006 at 1:54 pm
I think they’re doing it for all of September on Tuedays.
MCA
Sep 16, 2006 at 2:19 pm
Every time NBC airs one of these shows, I am constantly amazed at those caught who have seen the previous shows. Some even recognize Chris Hanson.
What I don’t understand is why NBC then choses to air shows about teachers and students such as Mary Kay Letourneau and Deb Lafave immediately after.
jade
Sep 17, 2006 at 8:26 am
he’s pulled his myspace page.
Enigma
Sep 21, 2006 at 12:05 am
I went to high school with this guy and even had a class with him a few semesters ago at college. He really showed none of these tendencies at all, and was very religious. That’s insane.
Enigma
Sep 21, 2006 at 3:57 am
By the way, check out his two yahoo profiles:
http://profiles.yahoo.com/talmatt/
http://profiles.yahoo.com/centgaguy04/
It’s almost like they are two different people. And regarding “centgaguy04,” pretty big words for a virgin, eh?
Ashley
Sep 21, 2006 at 10:00 pm
This guy is my third-cousin, I haven’t seen him since I was really little. Like, around six, meaning he was eleven the last time I saw him.
But yea, my grandmum told me about this today. And it’s just… shocking to think he’s family.
Enigma
Sep 23, 2006 at 4:32 am
I found his CarDomain profile.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/608926
dee
Dec 1, 2006 at 11:59 pm
omg, i played a soccer game with him. he invited me to bible study and everything…i saw this and quickly had to call my mom! This is crazy…i never looked at things like this to be so close to home. That’s crazy…WOW. Im like shocked…
BigBoss
Jun 2, 2007 at 9:57 pm
FYI, he was sentenced to 10 years (minimum 4 years served), 16 years probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender. He’s currently in the custody of Harris County Correctional, and his prisoner ID is 625867.
More details here: http://orochiyamazaki.livejournal.com/58406.html
PJ
Dec 28, 2007 at 8:34 pm
I feel sorry for him in way because I was like him in my 20s and was a Christian fundamentalist who was a virgin and not comfortable with it. I solved the problem by jettisoning fundamentalism, having sex with women my age, and becoming a Roman
Catholic like I was raised. I was not a perfect Christian, but I never was a pedophile or criminal either.
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