SUPERVISOR DIANNE JACOB COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

Contact: Steve Schmidt, 619-206-9108

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STATEMENT 9/27/2013
County Supervisor Dianne Jacob reacts to todays announcement that sexually violent predator Douglas Badger may be placed in rural East County, depending on the outcome of a Nov. 15 hearing in San Diego Superior Court. (Details of the case here.) Given his violent history as a serial sexual predator, Douglas Badger forfeited his freedom long ago and should be locked up for good. Its especially outrageous that this vile man would be housed at a location in Campo that is only four miles from two schools and a mile from a park where children gather and play. In recent years, other sexual predators placed in rural East County have violated the terms of their release and were sent back to a mental institution. Rather than dumping Badger in the backcountry, the state should house him next to Donovan State Prison, where several sexually violent predators have previously been located.

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(Supervisor Jacob represents District 2, the largest of San Diego Countys five supervisorial districts. It covers most of the eastern two-thirds of the county and includes more than 50 cities and other communities, including La Mesa, Poway, El Cajon, Spring Valley, Ramona, Campo and Julian.)