Jury denies release of 85-year-old child molester from California mental-health hospital

Jury denies release of 85-year-old child molester from California mental-health hospital

An Orange County Superior Court jury has denied a twice-convicted child molester’s request to be released from a Coalinga mental-health hospital. Sid Landau, now 85, asked to be released into the community without supervision, but the jury denied his request on Tuesday, April 9, after deliberating for about an hour, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Landau, who lived in Anaheim at one point, was convicted in 1982, when h…

The OCDA blocked the release of an O.C. inmate who targeted 20 young boys - New Santa Ana

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has successfully kept a S*xually Violent Predator who spent decades m*lesting numerous young boys from being released from a state mental hospital. A jury spent an hour deliberating before rejecting 85-year-old convicted s*x offender Sid Landau’s request to be released unconditionally back into the community without any supervision. Throughout the 1960’s, 1970’s, and 1980’s, Landau…