California Child Molester Arrested
In Jacumba, California, a man convicted of child molestation was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of violating the terms of his release. Following a 1987 conviction for molesting two young girls, he was sentenced to three years in prison after which he had been sent to live in the East County community under court-ordered supervision. He was also convicted of failing to register in San Diego County as a sex offender in 1996.
Police picked up Gary Gene Snavely, 45, around 5pm after the Sheriff’s Department received notification that Snavely was not following his prescribed treatment. He was booked in San Diego Central Jail and will be held pending court hearings. He is not under suspicion of committing any new crimes; instead, he is being held for failure to follow his treatment plan.
California law requires sexually violent predators to return to the county where they committed their crimes after a treatment program at a state hospital. A sexually violent predator is defined as someone who has been convicted of a violent sex crime and has been diagnosed with a mental disorder.
Child molester under supervision arrested, SignOnSanDiego.com, September 12, 2008
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