State moves Garrido’s parole agent after repeated threats

By Roman Gokhman, Contra Costa Times

ANTIOCH — The parole agent who supervised kidnapping and rape suspect Phillip Garrido has been moved to a different location after numerous threats against him and his family, the state corrections department said today.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Spokesman Gordon Hinkle said the agent and his family were moved shortly after Jaycee Dugard was discovered and Garrido and his wife, Nancy, were arrested Aug. 26.

The move was “due to security concerns that the department had,” Hinkle said.

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