{"id":7292,"date":"2026-02-28T09:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7292"},"modified":"2026-02-28T09:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:11:17","slug":"child-predator-64-is-jailed-in-another-county-for-30-year-old-crime-just-before-being-freed-under-california-elderly-parole-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7292","title":{"rendered":"Child Predator, 64, Is Jailed in Another County for 30-Year-Old Crime Just Before Being Freed Under California ‘Elderly Parole’ Law"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A 64-year-old child predator serving three life sentences who was granted parole and ordered to be released this week under California\u2019s \u201cElderly Parole Program\u201d just got a rude awakening.<\/p>\n

A county district attorney\u2019s office slammed the brakes on the move with an arrest warrant on separate crimes David Allen Funston, 64, also allegedly committed 30 years ago, and the almost ex-con is now behind a different set of bars, according<\/a> to news outlets.<\/p>\n

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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said that Funston has been transferred to law enforcement authorities at the Placer County lockup under the warrant, despite being granted parole for other crimes on Tuesday and being scheduled for release from prison by the end of this week.<\/p>\n

Funston is not even at Social Security\u2019s retirement age of 65 \u2014 and California\u2019s apparent definition of \u201celderly\u201d for inmates is a whopping 15 years under that.<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to Fox News:<\/p>\n

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Funston was convicted in 1999 of kidnapping and child molestation involving multiple victims. He was originally sentenced to three life terms in prison. However, under California\u2019s Elderly Parole Program, he was granted parole suitability and scheduled for release from CDCR custody.<\/p>\n

Funston qualified for consideration under California\u2019s statutory Elderly Parole Program, which allows individuals to be considered for release once they reach age 50 and have served at least 20 consecutive years of incarceration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, Funston was also accused of kidnapping and molesting a child in Roseville in 1996 but apparently never tried on those charges.<\/p>\n

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The Placer County District Attorney\u2019s Office refiled the charges stemming from the 1996 case, which still falls within the state\u2019s statute of limitations.<\/p>\n

Former Sacramento District Attorney Ann Marie Schubert, who helped put Funston in prison more than two decades ago, also commented on the news of the arrest that put the brakes on the child predator\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n

She also blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom for the controversial parole law.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod bless Placer County DA for charging David Funston for crimes committed by this serial child predator,\u201d the former prosecutor posted on X. \u201cLet\u2019s remember that @CAgovernor signed the law allowing this to happen. But Placer DA stepped in to stop this insanity.\u201d<\/p>\n