{"id":265987,"date":"2019-01-23T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1005746"},"modified":"2019-01-23T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T20:45:00","slug":"to-catch-a-predator-host-chris-hansens-bounced-checks-case-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/to-catch-a-predator-host-chris-hansens-bounced-checks-case-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"To Catch a Predator Host Chris Hansen&#8217;s Bounced Checks Case Dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"44.5\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019016\/rs_634x1024-190116093111-634-chris-hansen-mv-11618.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Chris Hansen, Mug Shot\" alt=\"Chris Hansen, Mug Shot\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Stamford Police<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"29\">\n<p><strong>UPDATE: Chris Hansen<\/strong>&#8216;s brief legal problem is over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just over a week since the former <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> host was\u00a0arrested for writing bad checks,\u00a0his\u00a0attorney Philip Russell confirmed to E! News that Hansen &#8220;made good&#8221; on the check and, while appearing briefly in court on Wednesday, the prosecutor withdrew the charges and the case is over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>____________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris Hansen has found himself in a legal situation.<\/p>\n<p>Stamford Police confirm the former host of <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> was arrested Monday in Connecticut for writing bad checks.<\/p>\n<p>Police\u00a0claim Chris failed to pay a local vendor nearly $13,000 for items he purchased in 2017. The TV journalist and author bought 355 mugs, 288 T-shirts and 650 vinyl decals for marketing events he planned to attend.<\/p>\n<p>When the business owner allegedly received two bad checks for the tab, a warrant was issued for Chris&#8217; arrest.<\/p>\n<p>E! News has reached out to Chris&#8217; team for comment.\u00a0He was released after signing a written promise to appear in court.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"63.974175035868\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19.684361549498\">\n<p>From the looks of Twitter, the journalist has already returned to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Weighing an early morning run while there&#8217;s a break in the LA rain&#8230;..but first coffee!&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BssqcVlFp-Q\/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Fans may remember Chris from hosting <em>To Catch a Predator<\/em> that features hidden camera investigations by the television news magazine program <em>Dateline<\/em> NBC. He went on to host <em>Crime Watch Daily<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fanbase is loyal for a few reasons,&#8221; Chris once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/2017\/01\/22\/the-return-of-to-catch-a-predator\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> when asked about the success of his show. &#8220;One, who doesn&#8217;t want to go after child predators? Two, it&#8217;s compelling television. Three, it takes you into a world you wouldn&#8217;t normally see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Originally published on January 16, 2019 at 10:57 a.m. PST.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1005746\/you-ll-never-guess-why-to-catch-a-predator-host-chris-hansen-was-arrested?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stamford Police UPDATE: Chris Hansen&#8216;s brief legal problem is over.\u00a0 Just over a week since the former To Catch a Predator host was\u00a0arrested for writing bad checks,\u00a0his\u00a0attorney Philip Russell confirmed to E! News that Hansen &#8220;made good&#8221; on the check and, while appearing briefly in court on Wednesday, the prosecutor withdrew the charges and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-265987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 15:13:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}