TURLOCK, Calif. — The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office said Friday sexually violent predators Kevin Gray and Timothy Weathers won't be placed in a home in Turlock.
A Stanislaus County Superior Court judge granted a motion to prevent them from being placed at that home. However, the sheriff's office said the release of the two men in a different location in Stanislaus County is ongoing.
The cases have been postponed so the attorney for Gray and Weathers can appeal the ruling.
The two — convicted of molesting a combined seven kids in Stanislaus County, Southern California and the state of Wyoming — were recommended by Liberty Health to be released from the state hospital and into the Turlock community.
The sheriff's office said both men confessed to molesting over 70 children between them.
"Both men have been diagnosed with pedophilic disorder and are considered at high risk of reoffending if released," Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post.
People in Turlock have been protesting the possible release. While officials haven’t identified the home where the two would be placed, neighbors believe it's along Central Avenue next door to Erica Farmer and her family’s home.
"It's absolutely terrible," said Stanislaus County resident Erica Farmer previously told ABC10. "I mean, no child or anybody should ever experience sexual violence."
ABC10 reached out to Liberty Health and the Department of State Hospitals for a statement.
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