SEX OFFENDER COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

October 5, 2012 (East County) -- Former Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Matthew Harvey Hedge has reported to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department License and Registration Division on October 3, 2012 that he is now a transient in the areas of Spring Valley and Lemon Grove.

Since the court lifted his designation as an SVP on September 28, 2012, Hedge is free to live and go anywhere. He is no longer required to wear a GPS tracking device. He has served the sentence imposed by the court and is not currently on parole or probation.  Hedge is required to notify the Sheriff's Department of his whereabouts every 30 days.

Hedge pleaded guilty in 1989 to molesting four children in the San Diego area and served 12 years in prison. He was civilly committed to the state hospital for sex offender treatment in 1997.

Hedge is not wanted by the Sheriff's Department at this time. California Penal Code Section 290, also known as “Megan’s Law,” permits law enforcement agencies to warn the community about sex offenders who frequent the area. The purpose of this notice is to allow members of the public to protect themselves and/or their children from sex offenders.

This notification is not intended to induce fear; rather it is our belief that an informed community is a safer community. Use of this information to threaten, intimidate, or harass the subject or any other person will not be tolerated and may result in prosecution.

290.45 PC –       Allows law enforcement to provide information to members of the public who may be at risk. The purpose of this information is to  allow members of the public to protect themselves and their children from sex offenders. The  information that  may  be  disclosed pursuant to  this  section  includes  the following:

(A) The offenders full name.                        Matthew Harvey HEDGE

(B) Known alias.                                           Greg Alan LINDSEY

(C) Gender                                                   Male

(D) Race                                                      White

(E) Physical description                                5’07, 191, Brown hair, Hazel eyes

(F) Photograph                                             Special bulletin

(G) Date of birth                                          03‐16‐63

(H) Crimes resulting in 290 registration        288(A) PC Lewd and lascivious acts(x2)

647A PC Annoying or Molesting Child

314.1 PC Indecent exposure

(I) Address                                                  Transient

(J) Vehicles                                                  Maroon 2000 Ford F‐150

Silver 2012 Hyundai Sonata

(K) Type of victim targets                             Males/Females ‐ ages 6 to 13 years

(L) Parole / Probation                                   None

(M) Dates of crimes                                      1989

(N) Date of release                                       10‐28‐12

(O) Enrollment in college, university             None

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