Protesters show up with signs, guns at Ohio home of Brock Turner's parents

Video: Brock Turner protesters in Ohio

Armed protesters waited outside of Brock Turner's family home in Ohio on Saturday, where he is expected to live following his Friday release from a Santa Clara County jail.

About a dozen demonstrators carried signs reading, "castrate rapists" and "If I rape Brock will I only do 3 months," Buzzfeed News reported. Some exercised their right to open carry, sending a menacing message to Turner and forcing local police to station themselves near the Turner home.

"If he is uncomfortable, then he begins to receive at least some punishment that he deserves for his crime," one protester told local broadcast news station, WCPO.

#BrockTurner may have gotten a light sentence but the neighbors not making it easy for him to live outside of jail pic.twitter.com/k4DXAF7AY2 — coke (@wildd_child) September 3, 2016

Messages in chalk were also scrawled outside the Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, home, some reading, "Shoot your local rapist" and "We don't forgive, we don't forget, expect us!!!" Members of the local fire department reportedly cleaned off some of the chalk messages on Friday night, according to news outlet WHIO.

Turner, 21, served half of his six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on the Stanford campus in 2015. Turner will remain on probation for three years and must register as a sex offender in Greene County Sheriff's Office within five days.

Brock Turner leaves the Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Turner was released early from jail after serving time for sexually assaulting a woman at Stanford. Brock Turner leaves the Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Turner was released early from jail after serving time for sexually assaulting a woman at Stanford. Photo: James Tensuan, Special To The Chronicle Photo: James Tensuan, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 25 Caption Close Protesters show up with signs, guns at Ohio home of Brock Turner's parents 1 / 25 Back to Gallery

"We're not treating him with kid gloves," Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer told WHIO last week. "We're going to treat him like every other sex offender that comes through the doors."

Turner's whereabouts were unknown when demonstrators gathered on Saturday, but news outlets began reporting that he was seen at his parents' Ohio home by Sunday afternoon.

"We're done with him," said Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith after Turner was released on Friday. "He should be in prison right now, but he's not in our custody."

Crowds were also protesting Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, who was heavily criticized for his handling of the sexual assault case, giving Turner what many considered a light sentence. Persky has been the target of a recall effort and recently asked to be reassigned from the criminal to the civil division.