Cary Verse - Sexually Violent Offender- Released 6/11/07 -CA
Sex Offender Cary Verse To Be Released POSTED: 11:21 am PDT June 11, 2007 UPDATED: 12:05 pm PDT June 11, 2007 Repeat sex offender Cary Verse is getting released from Atascadero State Hospital, NBC11 reported. Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Brian Haynes said Verse will reside in Bay Point as part of the conditional release program for sexually violent predators. Deputies from the sheriff's department's sexual assault unit were going door to door Monday morning notifying residents that Verse would be returning to the area and warning them to take appropriate precautions, Contra Costa County Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said. Verse, who was convicted of four sex offenses against males between 1988 and 1992, served his prison sentences and was then sent to Atascadero to undergo treatment in the mental hospital's sexually violent predator program. In 2004, Verse became only the second sex offender to win release under the State Department of Mental Health's conditional release program. Verse was chemically castrated. As part of the release program, Verse will also have 24-hour satellite monitoring and restrictions on who he could associate with and under what conditions. After living in two hotels and an abbey, Verse ended up on Willow Pass Road in Bay Point, where he lived for close to two years until he was pulled over in Walnut Creek for a broken taillight. During the stop, police found a 14-year-old boy riding as a passenger in his car, a violation of one of the terms of his release. Verse had reportedly driven the boy several times before he was caught, but did not harm him. Judge John Kennedy said that there was no evidence that Verse had intended to harm the boy, but ordered him sent back to Atascadero in January. Doctors at the hospital have since decided that it is again safe to release Verse. During a court hearing on Friday officials discussed further restrictions on Verse's behavior once he returns to the community. According to Haynes, Verse will face a number of new restrictions regarding his contact with minors, including not being permitted to be alone with any minor and not being permitted to go to places frequented by minors unless he has prior written approval from the State Department of Mental Health. Verse, who has developed diabetes and is overweight, will also continue to be chemically castrated in spite of the health problems associated with the medication. Verse was taken off the medication when he was returned to Atascadero and is not currently medicated, but, according to Haynes, he will be put back on it within the next few days. http://www.nbc11.com/news/13481181/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=news