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POWAY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — During a rally Friday, Poway Mayor Steve Vaus said the California Department of State Hospitals has withdrawn its recommendation to place a sexually violent predator at a home in the city.
The apparent retraction came less than a week after officials announced the proposed placement for Merle Wakefield, who was convicted of several sexual assaults in the 1980s and 1990s. He was ordered for conditional release by the San Diego Superior Court earlier this year.
It was the third location proposed by state officials for Wakefield since 2021, when he was first up for conditional release.
The initial recommendation from state officials, which was at a home in the Mount Helix neighborhood, was rejected by a judge in May of 2021, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
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