Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. "These kinds of high-risk sex offenders are the most dangerous kind of criminal and the most likely to re-offend," DA Todd Spitzer said in a statement. "These inmates were released by court order, and are not in any way connected to the measures I have taken to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the Orange County Jail," Barnes stated. "We have responsibly created the capacity needed in the jail to house sex offenders and other dangerous criminals. No one should fear being subject to a criminal violation merely for seeking out and exercising healthy activities."

Source: Fox News May 01, 2020 16:41 UTC