Because some of you might not know just how much of a sick bastard he is, I give you the story of Jared Fogle

A preview; here's a snippet of text conversation between Jared and a Madam/"escort procurer"

Fogle: “Do you have any access to any young girls? Like 15 or 16?”

Procurer: “Why, baby?”

Fogle: “Cause it’s what I crave.”

Ok, generic warning time as usual. This is a LostCatWantedDeadAndAlive post, and like most of my posts, it's going to contain some provocative topics, but NO PROVOCATIVE PICTURES. In the past I have included crime scene photos that shed light on the people, usually serial killers, that I have covered. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to include them in this post. Also, as usual, if you see anything incorrect in the post, leave a comment or send me a PM and I will fix it and tag you in an edit.
Jared Fogle is known to most as "The Subway Guy"; that is until the end of 2015 when things took a very drastic turn. A prolonged FBI investigation, with the help of some of Jared's co-workers as informants wearing wires, uncovered that Jared Fogle was guilty of possession of and intent to distribute child pornography. He was also guilty of "travelling to pay for sex with minors".

Jared Fogle before his Subway Campaign

Jared's story starts when he was 22 years old and a student at Indiana University. During this time, Jared ate mostly "junk food" that generally consisted of fast food style meals of hamburgers, french fries, and other American drive-thru fare. Concerned about his weight (which at this point was around 425 pounds) Jared switched his diet from American-style hamburger food to Subway sandwiches with as few high calorie accouterments (such as mayonnaise) as possible. This diet eventually led to a stifling amount of weight loss, of which his former dorm-mate decided was worth writing about.

His article in the "Indiana Daily Student" drew the attention of Men's Health magazine, which drew the attention of Subway. This led to the invention of "The Subway Diet", a somewhat spurious affair considering Jared's weight loss was, in part, because of his exclusion of American "drive-thru" cuisine. Regardless, this role as the Spokesperson for Subway brought a lot of fame and fortune to the then 23 year old college graduate.

The mission statement from the now defunct "Jared Foundation"

As he continued to promote Subway as a healthy alternative to other styles of fast food, Jared and Subway decided to create "the Jared Foundation" with a partner named Russell Taylor. Together the two of them aimed to help combat obesity in young people.

Jared Fogle and Russell Taylor; founders of the "Jared Foundation"

This is where the trouble started for both Fogle, and for Taylor.

In late April/early May of 2015, police searched Taylor's home, working on the tip that Taylor had offered to text them pictures of minors engaging in adult activities. As has been discussed on imgur before, there are dogs trained to find, by scent, hidden thumb drives or external hard drives, and these dogs were used in the investigation into Taylor and into Fogle. A search warrant was performed at Russell's home, which uncovered a vast amount of child pornography; some of which was recorded himself.

Taylor and his wife had positioned hidden cameras in various places to record children nude; one such place was in a bathtub. Taylor claimed his wife was responsible for the placement of two of the cameras, as well as reviewing some of the footage.

This all took place prior to Fogle's arrest, so his initial court appearances didn't include any offers to help arrest Fogle for his activities, although later on Taylor admitted that he shared some of the photos with Fogle.

Subway immediately distanced itself from Taylor after his arrest, and issued statements that they were outraged at his conduct. Curiously, Fogle released statements as well echoing what Subway had said, condemning Taylor for his actions.

This investigation, however, is what led to the investigation of Fogle taking shape. Naturally, if Fogle was in some way involved in the case against Taylor, he was sure to be investigated just as thoroughly as Taylor's wife. Fogle's involvement in this world of child exploitation had started even earlier than 2015.

Rochelle Herman-Walrond, one of the informants for the FBI on Fogle's behavior

This woman, Rochelle Herman-Walrond came to the FBI when she had first heard Fogle make remarks about middle-school aged children, which were enough for her to start wearing a wire to record conversations she had with Fogle. From Wikipedia:

" She recorded him making several remarks about having sex with underage girls and asking her to install a webcam in her children's rooms so he could watch them."

Fogle's arrest on July 27th 2015

It was Russell Taylor's arrest that became the downfall for Fogle, as it was discovered that Taylor had been trading photos with Fogle, and according to the Wikipedia page on Fogle, some of the children were as young as 6 years old. But it wasn't necessarily the photos that got Jared into the immense amount of trouble he was in. The state also subpoenaed his text messages, which were horrible. Initially Fogle was texting a former Subway franchise owner, but then insisted on speaking to her cousin who was, well, what I will call a "procurer".

Fogle: "Is your Asian friend available?"

Procurer: "Are you going to pay me, too, or can I come back?"

Fogle: "I'll pay you big for a 14 or 15-year-old"

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Fogle: “Do you have any access to any young girls? Like 15 or 16?”

Procurer: “Why, baby?”

Fogle: “Cause it’s what I crave.”

With a massive amount of potential charges against him, as well as a close associate convicted of 12 counts of possession of child pornography, Taylor, willing to testify against him, Fogle agreed to a plea bargain, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography, and one count of travelling (from Indiana to New York) to engage in illicit sexual acts with a minor. In the initial stages of the court case against Fogle, part of his defense involved a forensic psychiatrist's evaluation of Fogle which suggested that he had a compulsive eating disorder, which explained his weight problem when he was in his early 20's, and that when he began his "Subway Diet" the compulsive eating disorder led to a case of "hypersexuality". Though it isn't uncommon for one type of compulsion/addiction changing into another form of compulsion/addiction (smokers who quit smoking often develop some kind of "oral fixation" where they feel compelled to have their hand near their face; this can often end up turning into some kind of eating compulsion), there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that an eating compulsion would lead to pedophilia. The prosecution made this point very clear in the rebuttal against the psychiatrist's evaluation. (An evaluation in which she suggested Fogle had a MILD case of pedophilia). Though the defense attorneys asked for a 12 year sentence, Fogle was actually sentenced to 15 years in prison, a term which started on December 18th, 2015.

Jared Fogle was lucky that he was able to arrange that deal, however he was ordered to pay $1.4 million dollars in damages, specifically $100,000 to each of the victims, and well as register as a sex offender when he is released from prison. Furthermore, he is not allowed to be in the presence of a minor without supervision, which includes his own children.

I would wager that Fogle agreed to the plea bargain quickly as a way to dissuade any others coming forward to testify against him in his initial trial. Given time, I'm certain there will be more parents of minors coming forward to present evidence against him, possibly lengthening his sentence. Russell Taylor, the man who led authorities to Fogle in the first place, was sentenced to 27 years in prison, and attempted suicide in his prison cell in early May 2015. At the time this will be posted, there has been one assault. on Jared Fogle in prison by a prisoner who hates child molesters.

Jared Fogle will remain in prison until his earliest possible release date in 2029, however, there is hope that more of his victims will come forward and extend this sentence to a more acceptable length, considering the depth and depravity of his crimes over the course of up to 8 years.

Steven Nigg

Jared has already been assaulted in prison by this man, Steven Nigg, who hates child molesters and claims that Jared "is lucky to be alive."

Well, thanks for reading y'all. I'm thinking of doing a post a little later discussing the FBI protocol for how to catch a serial killer. I can promise you that anyone thinking they're going to learn something about how to get away with a crime; you won't. I've engineered it that way.

FP Edit: I know this is sort of opening a can of worms, but I wanted to clarify a few things that a lot of you are talking about in the comments. Firstly, the brief amount of research I've done in the last hour or so does indeed say that pedophilia is more like a "sexual orientation" than it is like a "psychological disorder" (thank you @LincolnsVengeance), and if the post-industrialist western world's taboo against homosexuality has taught us anything, it's that you can't "fix" someone's sexual orientation. Opinions on this matter have been going back and forth in the comments, and a lot of you are saying that pedophilia is different than the other sexual orientations because it is generally involves a minor. I say "minor" because that term is defined differently around the world, along with the age of consent.

But the thing I wanted to point out in this post was that Jared had been paying for sex with minors, and the decision for the victim to consent likely never existed. If the only thing uncovered in his investigation were photographs on thumb drives or external hard drives, then perhaps this would be a case of "treating his desires as a sexual orientation rather than a crime"; but I personally believe that paying for sex with a non-consenting minor is taking things a bit too far, and why a prison sentence was more fitting for this case, rather than just therapy of some description.

A few of you have said that there are therapists who would immediately turn a client away if they mentioned they were interested in children (thank you @tuckerr), which I did indeed find out in my research. This could happen for a number of reasons, one very likely reason would be that therapists are mandated to report sexual abuse, so if the client talked about experiences they have had in the past, that would pretty much be the end of therapy. It's a risk I imagine some of the therapists would prefer not to take. Of course a therapist could turn away a client out of their own personal beliefs, however if the therapist has been reading the recent literature, they might believe that therapy has a chance.

At present, one of the few treatments for pedophilia is "chemical castration"; a process by which the patient is given pills that severely reduce the libido in order to dissuade them from engaging in sex acts with minors (thank you @Barkinsons). The process is reversible, so generally, if things change and the patient no longer feels compelled to have sex with minors, they can discontinue the medication and lead a relatively normal life.

But I am inclined to agree with the majority of you who believe that this form of treatment, though effective, is not a solution. Many of you suggested that there should be the possibility for someone to "come out" as it were, and seek help before they end up hurting someone, rather than waiting for it to go too far and only seeking help AFTER they hurt someone (thank you @apercent).

Lastly, I want to make my point of view very clear. Simply fantasizing about this kind of behavior (and I'll even stretch to say owning pictures not taken by you could possibly be included) should land a person in some kind of therapy; acting on these desires with someone younger than the age of consent should land a person in prison as well as therapy.

FP Edit 2: Changed "plead" to "pleaded". Thank you @cbjfan

LAST FP EDIT: Here is the FBI Protocol for catching a serial killer, Part 1: http://imgur.com/gallery/CFoal