A sexually violent predator is now living in Jacumba Hot Springs after his release from a state mental hospital, which ...

Authorities have been unable to find long-term suitable housing for Merle Wakefield, 67, who was released Tuesday ...

Merle Wakefield was released from Coalinga State Hospital Tuesday and temporarily lives on Desert Rose Ranch Road under the ...

Merle Wakefield was cleared for release four years ago. But the state has struggled to place him in the community as ...

Sexually Violent Predator Merle Wakefield is Now Living in Jacumba Hot Springs, San Diego County Sheriff Reports ...

A 67-year-old sex offender was released Tuesday from Coalinga State Hospital under conditional terms, requiring a lifetime ...

Sheriff's officials said Tuesday that "neither the San Diego County Sheriff's Office, the San Diego County District ...

NEITHER THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT FELONY ...

A sexually violent predator was conditionally released Tuesday from Coalinga State Hospital, authorities said.

A sex offender has been released from a state hospital to a rural area in East County, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office ...