A 62-year-old sexually violent predator was released Tuesday from Coalinga State Hospital to live in a Campo home temporarily until a long-term residence can be found, sheriff’s officials said.
Alvin Quarles pleaded guilty in 1989 to four counts of forcible rape that occurred between 1987 and 1988 and admitted to being armed during the attacks. Prosecutors said he targeted adult women in San Diego County by breaking into the women’s motel rooms while they slept and forcing them to have sex with him while he held a knife.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Marian Gaston ordered Quarles be housed temporarily at 1138 Cluster Road, a location that had been previously occupied by sexually violent predators, or SVPs, who were in the midst of legal proceedings, officials said.
Gaston said Quarles would need to move if the previous tenant returned, but if the other SVP is sent back to a state hospital, Quarles could permanently stay at the residence.
Quarles has a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender, and sheriff’s officials said he will be supervised 24 hours a day by Liberty Health Care, a private company contracted by the state to oversee SVP releasees.
Gaston also ordered that Liberty continue to search for a permanent housing location for Quarles and notify the court for a hearing if the health care provider plans to move him.
After pleading guilty over three decades ago, Quarles was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Prior to his release, the District Attorney’s Office filed a petition in 2013 to commit him to the Department of State Hospitals for sex offender treatment and confinement.
On Jan. 11, 2024, Judge David M. Gill granted Quarles’ request for conditional release after state evaluators determined he could be treated successfully in the community while under supervision.
