Listening to will decide regardless of whether to place sex offender in East County house

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A hearing will be held next month to establish whether to location a man convicted of several sexual assaults in a supervised house in unincorporated El Cajon, it was introduced Monday.

Douglas Badger, 78, was convicted of offenses that include boy or girl molestation, kidnapping and forcible oral copulation. His victims ended up predominately male strangers, a lot of of them hitchhikers, in accordance to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Workplace.

He most not too long ago was sentenced to state prison in 1991 and was civilly dedicated to a state healthcare facility in 1997.

Badger is categorised as a sexually violent predator, a designation for individuals convicted of sexually violent offenses and identified with a mental problem that can make them most likely to re-offend.

He since petitioned for release into the Conditional Release Program — or CONREP — for sex offenders and was granted conditional release previously this 12 months.

The California Division of Point out Hospitals advisable putting Badger in a residence on Horizon Hills Generate, but the public might even now weigh in on irrespective of whether the location is appropriate.

A community courtroom hearing on the placement will be held on April 20. The listening to will be conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public responses will be acknowledged through April 9 and can be submitted by calling 858-495-3619, or emailing [email protected] . Reviews also can be mailed to: SVP Release/Safe and sound Activity Power, 9425 Chesapeake Push, San Diego, CA, 92123.

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