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A sheriff in California is fighting a plan that would place a convicted rapist in a taxpayer-funded rental home that's located near a Girl Scout camp.

State officials are weighing a plan to transfer Michael Thomas Cheek, 74, from a locked psychiatric facility to a rental home valued at more than $800,000 in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark told Fox News Digital the property is near a Girl Scout camp and schools, and that the rugged terrain could make it more difficult for deputies to respond if Cheek were to commit another crime.

"The community for which he's being considered to be released, it's a really tight-knit community," Clark said.…