A Humboldt County Superior Court judge issued a ruling last week striking his December of 2016 order for the conditional release of a local man who’s been designated as a Sexually Violent Predator. According to a Humboldt District Attorney’s Office news release, Judge John Feeney’s Aug. 13 ruling was based not only on the inability […]
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Judge Denies Placement of Sex Offender in Eureka
Judge John Feeney today decided against approving plans to have a man deemed by the courts to be a sexually violent predator placed under supervised release in Eureka, according to media reports and a Facebook post by Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson. The proposed placement would have had Joshua Cooley staying in a rotating set […]
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Release of Sex Offender to Garberville Denied
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Judge John Feeney today denied the placement of a man deemed by the courts to be a sexually violent predator for the second time in less than a year, this time to Garberville. However, according to a Times-Standard article, Feeney did agree with his attorney’s argument that Joshua Cooley […]
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UPDATE: Judge Denies Placement of Convicted Sex Offender in Freshwater
UPDATE: The Times-Standard is reporting that, in the face of a tremendous outpouring of neighborhood concern, Judge John Feeney has denied the proposed placement of Joshua Cooley in a Freshwater neighborhood. Feeney set an Oct. 23 hearing to review Cooley’s placement status. PREVIOUSLY: A Humboldt County Superior Court judge is scheduled to decide Thursday morning […]