Officials in Orange County, Calif., are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to intervene in the case of a “dangerous” sex offender who was released from a state mental hospital after more than 20 years when the hospital allowed his hold to expire on Saturday, reports said. Following a misdemeanor sexual offense against a child in 1985, Smith was required to register as a sex offender. As of 2005, he no longer had to register as a sex offender but remained in a state hospital. Steel and Spitzer have asked Newsom to reinstate the sex offender registration requirement for Smith.

Source: Fox News July 15, 2020 05:01 UTC