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Sex Offenders Megan's Law offers Californians a way to protect their families from serious sex offenders who may be living in their neighborhoods. The law, passed in 1996, permits public access to certain information about the location of convicted sex offenders. Megan's Law also allows law enforcement to notify Californians about serious and high-risk sex offenders who have established themselves in the community. For more detailed information available under Megan's law, please contact your local police or sheriff's department. Sexually Violent Predators District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis is committed to public safety. One of her top goals is protecting the citizens of San Diego against high risk sex offenders. Our Sexual Assault and Stalking Division works with the
SAFE Task Force
and all law enforcement agencies in San Diego County to make sure that High Risk sex offenders who fail to register are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Two Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs) have been ordered into Phase V of the Department of Mental Health's (DMH) Sex Offender Treatment Program. One, David Chambless, was placed at Jacumba in the southeast corner of the county in June 2008. SVP Matthew Hedge was ordered placed in a trailer near Donovan State Prison on April 13, 2009.
Status of SVP Matthew Harvey Hedge
Status of SVP David Chambless
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Matthew Harvey Hedge (DOB 3/16/63)
pled guilty to child molest in against 4 children (males 6 and 10, females 9 and 13) in 1989. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Investigative reports indicated he had also exposed himself to several children at elementary schools on multiple occasions. He voluntarily enrolled in a sex offender treatment while in prison, and was ultimately committed to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) hospital in 1998, where he has been participating in the Sexually Violent Commitment Predator program. He was ordered into outpatient treatment in 2005 but was revoked within 6 weeks for violations in early 2006. After more than 2 years of continued in-hospital treatment, on October 1, 2008, the court once again granted his petition to be placed in outpatient treatment. Hedge was ordered placed in the community in a trailer on a site adjacent to Donovan State Prison in Otay Mesa on April 13, 2009. Hedge's Terms and Conditions of release are below.
David Chambless (DOB 8/24/60) was committed as a Sexually Violent Predator in September 1998. He spent 16 years in prison for molesting two females age 7 and 9 in 1989. He was known to the family and had been babysitting one of children when she was assaulted. He sexually assaulted both girls and showed them pornography. His other crimes include receiving stolen property, residential burglary, drug possession and providing drugs to minors. He participated in the DMH in-hospital sex offender treatment program for more than 7 years. He was ordered into outpatient treatment on December 19, 2007 and was placed in Jacumba, CA in June 2008. He is currently participating in supervised out-patient treatment.