Rapist ordered back to state hospital after allegedly violating release conditions

Rapist ordered back to state hospital after allegedly violating release conditions
Alvin Ray Quarles. Photo via state
Alvin Ray Quarles. Photo via state
Alvin Ray Quarles. (File photo courtesy of California Department of Corrections)

A man who was conditionally released to a San Diego County home will be returned to a state hospital following a hearing Friday.

Alvin Ray Quarles, 63, who is classified as a sexually violent predator, was placed in a home in Borrego Springs last winter following 25 years in state prison and around a decade at a state hospital. He received treatment there as a sex offender.

But earlier this month, Quarles – dubbed the “bolder-than-most” rapist – was arrested and booked into a San Diego County jail for an alleged violation of his release conditions.

During a brief court hearing on Friday afternoon, the nature of the alleged violation was not discussed. Both a prosecutor and an attorney representing Quarles declined to comment.

Quarles could have had a hearing to contest the allegation, but he waived his right to that hearing and requested to be transferred back to Coalinga State Hospital, where he had previously undergone treatment.

He is due back in court in January for additional proceedings regarding the alleged violation.

Quarles pleaded guilty in 1989 to four counts of forcible rape for a series of sex assaults at knifepoint that began in 1985, according to appellate court records. Some of the assaults took place after break-ins of homes and motel rooms; a few were committed while forcing the victim’s husband or boyfriend to watch.

Three of Quarles’ victims viewed Friday afternoon’s hearing remotely.

After serving 25 years in prison, Quarles was civilly committed to the Department of State Hospitals for treatment as a sexually violent predator. He later petitioned for conditional release, which involves placement at a residence where SVPs are monitored and must abide by stringent conditions.

Last year, a judge ordered his conditional release, but the search for a suitable residence proved difficult, leading another judge to order him released as a transient. The Borrego Springs home was intended to be a temporary location until state hospital officials could find a suitable fixed residence.