The East County community of Borrego Springs could once again be home to a sexually violent predator.<\/p>\n
Gary Snavely was convicted of molesting two young girls between 1982 and 1986.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After serving his prison time and successfully completing a treatment program for sexually violent predators, the San Diego Superior Court\u00a0ordered his conditional release in 2022, meaning he would be monitored and continue to receive treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last year, the Department of State Hospitals recommended Snavely be placed at a home in Julian.\u00a0 A judge granted the request, but after backlash from the community, the homeowner decided not to rent the property to the state after all.<\/a><\/p>\n Now, a new location is being proposed at 3406 Running M Road in Borrego Springs.<\/p>\n A hearing was held Friday to discuss Snavely’s proposed placement at that site.<\/p>\n County Supervisor Jim Desmond, whose district includes Borrego Springs, said the community is tired of being a “dumping ground for sexually violent predators.”<\/p>\n “This is not the first time the state has come knocking on Borrego’s door,” Desmond said. “It’s not the second.\u00a0 It’s not even the third.”<\/p>\n The same site on Running M Road previously housed another sexually violent predator.<\/a> <\/a>Michael Joseph Martinez has since completed the conditional release program.<\/p>\n Neighbor Doug Munson lives just 400 feet away from the front door of 3406 Running M Road.<\/p>\n At Friday’s hearing, he told Judge Daniel B. Goldstein living next to a sexually violent predator has impacted his financial situation.<\/p>\n “I have a situation where I have to move to Phoenix. We have a granddaughter that needs my wife’s medical experience. We can’t sell our house. That’s our greatest asset. We can’t move unless we sell our house,” he said.<\/p>\n Liberty Healthcare Corporation manages the Conditional Release Program for Sexually Violent Predators.\u00a0<\/p>\n The program’s director, Dr. Robert Horon, said many locations were vetted and 3406 Running M Road\u00a0was the only viable option.<\/p>\n Desmond implored the judge to keep looking.<\/p>\n “Borrego Springs is not a dumping ground. It’s a town. It has families. They have children. It has seniors,” he said. “It deserves the same protection as every other – that every other community in California expects.”<\/p>\n Judge Goldstein said he would consider all of the feedback and come back with a decision in about a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The East County community of Borrego Springs could once again be home to a sexually violent predator. Gary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[25033,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-317994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-borrego-springs","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}