SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

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November 11 (2011) San Diego County) -- The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force went door to door in Campo this morning to notify neighbors that a Sexually Violent Predator is now living in their community. Seventy homes were visited during the public notification. Addresses with no one home were noted and will be revisited.

Frank William  Johnson was released from Coalinga State Hospital on Wednesday, November 9th. Johnson’s case agent escorted him to the Sheriff’s License and Registration Division in Kearny Mesa so he can register as a Sexually Violent Predator under Megan’s Law. Johnson was then escorted to his residence at 33241 Shockey Truck Trail, Campo.

Over objections of area residents, Johnson was assigned to Campo under a conditional release program. It means a guard, who is a former law enforcement officer, is assigned to him 24/7. Johnson also has a GPS device that would alarm if he goes out of range.  He must request permission to leave the house and must be escorted everywhere he goes. Selection of the placement location is the sole responsibility of the California Department of Mental Health or DMH. Only the courts can lift Johnson’s conditional release status.


Johnson was determined to be a Sexually Violent Predator in March 2007. His criminal activity began in 1977 at age 19 when he committed three separate rapes of adult women. In 1979 he was committed to Patton State Hospital as a Mentally Disordered Sex Offender and remained there for 5 years. In 1987, he was convicted of Rape with a Foreign Object, Burglary and Forced Oral Copulation, also against an adult woman. He received a 35 year prison sentence for his crime in 1988.

He was ordered into Sexually Violent Predator outpatient treatment on July 8, 2011, following a court hearing. At that hearing, evidence was presented by the patient that he suffered from a form of brain cancer which diminished the public safety risk of community placement. He will be closely monitored by Liberty Healthcare, the court and law enforcement.


The  SAFE  Task  Force  has  members  from  the  San  Diego  Sheriff’s  Department,  San  Diego  Police Department, Department of Justice, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement or ICE and U.S. Marshals. They all believe that an informed community is a safe community. For more information about SAFE, please call David Collazo at (858) 495
3619.


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