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"They gotta come back": Forest Co. committee selects new home for child sex predator
FOREST COUNTY - Nineteen years ago, a judge found Jeffrey LeVasseur guilty of violent sexual assault of two children in Forest County.

Both victims were younger than 12 years old.

LeVasseur, now 52, has served his time in prison, and next Thursday, he'll move into a home deep in the Forest County woods.

"The law says they gotta come back. We gotta find a place. That's what we're doing," said Forest County Board Chairman Tom Tallier.
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