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WEBVTT THEY GOT AN ANSWER TONIGHT.>> YOU HAVE KIDS PLAYING UP ANDDOWN THE STREET.NATALIE: MATT BEHREND RECALLSHIS NEIGHBORHOOD'S OUTRAGE WHENTHEY LEARNED 60-YEAR-OLD WILLIAMSTEPHENSON, A REGISTERED,VIOLENT SEX OFFENDER, WOULD BEMOVING IN.>> WE FELT LIKE WE WEREPRISONERS FROM THE PRISONER WHOHAS MORE FREEDOM THAN WE DO. NATALIE: THEIR FEARS CAME TRUEMAY 19 WHEN THEY LEARNEDSTEPHENSON WAS ARRESTED AGAIN.>> WE INVESTIGATED A COMPUTER HIS HOUSE AND IT ENDED UP HAVINGCHILD PORN ON IT SO HE WARRESTED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.>> IT'S JUST MIXED EMOTIONS ANDWE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.NATALIE: THOSE QUESTIONSADDRESSED AT A COMMUNITY MEETINGWITH ROSEVILLE POLICE ANDLIBERTY HEALTH.THAT COMPANY FINDS HOUSING FORSEX OFFENDERS WHO ARE PART OFTHE STATE'S CONDITIONAL RELEASEPROGRAM. >> THEY JUST SHOULD NOT BEALLOWED BACK IN THE COMMUNITAND NOT IN A TWO-STORY HOME.THIS COMPANY DOES NOT CARE ABOUTYOUR COMMUNITY.NATALIE: KARA HERNANDEZ CAMEPARTICULARLY UPSET BECAUSE SHEHAD REPORTED STEPHENSON TOPOLICE IN THE PAST.>> MY HUSBAND CAUGHT HIM WITHHIS WINDOW OPEN EXPOSINGHIMSELF.WE CALLED THE COPS AND WE WERETOLD THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHINGABOUT IT THEIR HANDS WERE TIED.NATALIE: NEIGHBORS ALSO UPSETHIS RENT WAS PAID FOR BYTAXPAYERLIBERTY HEALTH SAID IT COSTSABOUT $163,000 PER YEAR FOR RENTAND SERVICES FOR A CLIENT LIKESTEPHENSON. >> IT'S A FIVE-BEDROOM HOME FORONE PERSON AND WE'RE ALL WORKINGHARD TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE.>> IT MAKES US VERY ANGRY THWE HAVE TO PAY FOR THISDISGUSTING PROGRAM THAT GOES ON.NATALIE: BUT THEIR BIGGESTCONCERN WAS CALMED.LIBERTY HEALTH ANNOUNCED ITWOULD NOT RENEW THE LEASE ONTHIS HOME, MEANING NO OTHER SEXOFFENDER IN THEIR PROGRAM WILLBE PLACED HERE. >> WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER IN