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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Elected officials and residents weighed in Tuesday on the proposed placement of a convicted sex offender in a supervised home in the Mount Helix neighborhood.
Comments from the public were shared during a San Diego Superior Court hearing regarding a proposal from the Department of State Hospitals to place Douglas Badger, 78, in a home at 10957 Horizon Hills Drive.
Badger, who is currently housed at Coalinga State Hospital, is classified as a sexually violent predator, a designation for those convicted of sexually violent offenses and diagnosed with a mental disorder that makes them likely to re-offend. After serving their prison sentences, sexually violent predators may undergo treatment at state hospitals, but may also petition courts to continue treatment in supervised outpatient locations.
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State hospital officials on Tuesday proposed placing a second sexually violent predator at a home on Mount Helix, just weeks after the first proposed placement at the home prompted fierce backlash from hundreds of residents in the neighborhood near El Cajon.
Merle Wade Wakefield, 64
(Courtesy of San Diego County Sheriff’s Department)
A judge approved the conditional release of Merle Wade Wakefield, 64, in January. A virtual hearing to address his proposed placement at 10957 Horizon Hills Drive is set for 9 a.m. May 10 in San Diego Superior Court, at which time community members can listen in on Zoom and comment on the proposed placement location.
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In an effort to stop sexually violent predator (SVP) Joshua Cooleyâs placement in a home just outside of Galtâs borders, local officials have petitioned Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John T. Feeney with reasons why Galt is not a good fit for the convict.
Feeney is slated to hear testimony from representatives from Liberty Healthcare and California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) this Friday asking that Cooley be allowed to be placed in the Harvey Road home. Sacramento County Deputy DA Brian Morgan will represent the county at the proceedings to try to stop the placement.
Morgan and the DA office solicited comments from community members to use at the hearing.