Gilbert Maines, the attorney appointed to defend accused kidnapping suspect Nancy Garrido, was removed from the case last week, according to El Dorado County Superior Court documents.
A spokesman for the California Correctional Peace Officer Association says he's not surprised that repeated GPS violations by Phillip Garrido were never answered by parole officers.
The state parole department failed to adequately supervise kidnap suspect Phillip Garrido and missed numerous opportunities to discover Jaycee Dugard in Garrido's backyard. Read the report;Investigating Phillip Garrido
The California Office of the Inspector General will release details of how Phillip Garrido's parole was handled. Garrido was on parole when he allegedly kidnapped Jaycee Dugard 18 years ago and kept her as a prisoner. Live stream of news conference at 2 p.m.
The pretrial hearing for Phillip and Nancy Garrido in Placerville Thursday was attended by the woman Phillip Garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping in 1976, as well as a Southern California man who said he's Jaycee Dugard's biological father.