East County News Service
January 10, 2025 (San Diego County) – In December, a judge ordered a transient release to a temporary location in San Diego County for Alvin Quarles, a sexually violent predator (SVP). Now Supervisor Joel Anderson has written a letter to Superior Court Judge Marian Gaston urging her to block the release. Anderson has also launched a petition and is seeking signatures from constituents opposed to Quarles’ release.
Quarles has been dubbed the “bolder than most” rapist for a series of sexual assaults in the 1980s committed at knife point, sometimes with the victim’s husband or boyfriend forced to watch
An audit last year found that four percent of SVPs in the state’s conditional release program reoffended, while 19% of SVPs not in the program reoffended.
“In light of the numerous heinous offenses committed by SVPs, transient releases that would prevent an effective oversight process to track and monitor SVPs should be rejected by the courts,” says Anderson, who has also objected to the high number of SVPs released into East County compared to urban and coastal areas in the county.
Several prior attempts to place Quarles into housing supervised by Liberty Healthcare failed, leading to the transient release plan. Quarles served time in state prison and later, a state hospital, before being deemed suited for release under the conditional release program.