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A convicted sex offender charged with murdering a California teenager lived near a preschool for at least 16 months before parole agents forced him to move, according to state corrections records released Wednesday. A regional administrator let John Albert Gardner III continue living within 126 yards of the San Diego County preschool until his lease expired in 2006, a top corrections official told The Associated Press. But no one noticed he was still living there until a year later.

The supervisor gave him some time to finish the lease out   -Oscar Hidalgo

 

SACRAMENTO, Calif. State corrections department records show a convicted sex offender charged with murdering a California teenager lived near a preschool for at least 16 months before parole officials forced him to move. A top corrections official tells The Associated Press that a regional administrator let John Gardner continue living within 126 yards of the San Diego County preschool until his lease expired in 2006.  

"It just feels hopeful to me," McAuley told The Greenville News afterward. "I'm hopeful they are giving this serious consideration and that's what we want them to do." Wakefield was one of two Greenville killers whose parole was considered Wednesday by the board.

We're begging you, please, please, please do not parole him into the community   -Kathy Adams

 

The Michigan Department of Corrections is investigating whether a convicted embezzler who snagged a $9.1 million business tax credit from the state has violated parole. RASCO CEO Richard A. Short shared the stage Tuesday with Gov. Jennifer Granholm as she introduced the leaders of companies awarded tax credits. She said RASCO — short for Renewable and Sustainable Companies LLC — planned to invest $18.4 million to establish a new headquarters in Flint.  

The nonprofit agency that brought $13 million worth of affordable housing to King George County --without a dime of taxpayer funds--is planning a building that would be the first of its kind in Virginia. Project FAITH wants to build a HELP Center, a complex that would offer a variety of services to low- and moderate-income families in King George and throughout the Northern Neck. Project FAITH Director Fronce Wardlaw is applying for state and federal grants, tax credits and low-interest loans to build  

The full 15-member Parole and Commutation Board took unprecedented action to review Layman's scheduled release after objections were filed by Prosecutor William Nichols. "We are pleased that the parole board took a second look at this, reversed the decision, and found that he is dangerous to society and a threat to public safety. We believe the public is safer without him on the streets," said Michael Brown, an assistant county prosecutor. Layman, 61, has served nearly 12 years of the 8 to 30 year pri

We are pleased that the parole board took a second look at this, reversed the decision, and found that he is dangerous to society and a threat to public safety. We believe the public is safer without him on the streets   -Michael Brown

 

Paul Dean Walker, who has spent over twenty years in state prison on a Boone County murder charge has again been denied a chance for release. Late last month, the West Virginia State Parole Board denied Walker's bid for supervised release in connection with the deaths of 68-year old Dorothy Daniels and 83-year old Faye Jarrell, which took place on October 29, 1989. Investigators from the Boone County Sheriff's Department said at the time that Paul Walker and his brother Teddy murdered both women while