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On a warm spring night in ‘21, Tonya Molina was found strangled to death in a motel room. Molina, a 43-year-old mother, had been on vacation. She met Santiago Contreras, a transgender criminal who had been serving time for stalking and assault, before being released by Gov. Gavin Newsom with nothing but an ankle monitor. Contreras, a man who had told prison officials that he was struggling as a transgender woman, cut off the monitor and killed Tonya.

Tonya Molina was one of 30 people killed by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ‘early releases’ of criminals.

Even as Gov. Newsom engaged in an unprecedented lockdown of the state, as local officials chased surfers off beaches, filled skate parks with sand, roped off benches and cut power to small businesses, he also began releasing criminals to terrorize the state.

“It’s always been top of mind, it’s always been a point of concern,” Gov. Newsom said of reported COVID cases at San Quentin prison, promising to expedite the release of what he claimed were “low-risk” criminals. Contreras would have been considered “low risk”.

Those releases ultimately amounted to 14,800 criminals freed and many more that were not even held because Newsom also suspended the intake of new criminals into prisons.

1 in 4 of Newsom’s criminals were back behind bars in less than three years. 1 in 3 are back in prison in total. And these numbers continue to grow. 4,600 of the released criminals have been put back behind bars on charges ranging from murder to rape to assault and robbery.

Some preyed on children.

The “low risk” criminals released by Newsom included a man who had “unlawful sex with a victim under 16″, another man who had “sold drugs to more than 100 minors” and was then sent back to prison for “rape with force / violence / fear of a minor 14 years of age or older”.

While the full number of victims on Newsom’s crime wave is unknown, we do know that there were 30 murders committed by the men freed by the governor in response to pandemic fears.

The so-called “COVID-outbreak” in San Quentin that led to nationwide media coverage, condemnations and calls for action resulted in 26 deaths in a prison population of over 3,000..

More people were killed by COVID prison releases than by the San Quentin “outbreak”.

An ‘outbreak’ at Folsom State Prison, made famous by Johnny Cash, had only 2 deaths out of over 3,000. Nevertheless it was targeted for early release because of the “large populations of high-risk patients.” Other outbreaks proved equally underwhelming.

There were nearly 10,000 COVID deaths in California nursing homes and only 265 deaths in California prisons. The vast majority of inmates who died of COVID were older. There were only 34 COVID deaths among criminals under 34, 80 deaths among the 55-64 population, 83 deaths among those 65-74 and 43 deaths among criminals over 75.

Had Gov. Newsom limited early releases to criminals over 55, he would have dealt with the age range at risk for 86% of COVID prison deaths.

Newsom and California Democrats chose not to do that because the purpose was not to save criminals from COVID, but to use COVID as an excuse to free as many criminals as possible.

The full total of Gov. Newsom’s victims is unknown, but in addition to the 30 murders, there were fatal drunk driving incidents and some 460 assaults with an unknown total number of victims, but we should assume that in addition to the murders there were at least 460 assault victims.

Newsom’s criminals also carried out at least 400 burglaries with a similarly unknown number of victims that begins at 400. There were at least 180 or so second degree robberies, car thefts and domestic abuse cases each from Newsom’s total. Combined together that sets a toll of at least 1,430 crime victims. And those are only the 1,430 crimes for which we have any kind of statistical information among the 4,600 repeat offenders.

Since other crimes, especially sexual assault and child abuse, are not listed and criminals typically commit more than one crime before being arrested, the actual numbers of Newsom’s victims would be much higher than this partial list of crimes.

However even these 1,430 crime victims represent over 800 violent assaults on Californians.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said of freeing criminals that “we still have a lot more work to do in that space and we recognize our responsibility to do so.” The over 800 victims of Newsom’s violent crime spree are a tragic testament to his hard work in freeing criminals across California.

During COVID, Gov. Newsom locked down ordinary citizens and unlocked prison doors to set loose murders, rapists, robbers and the worst monsters to prey on a helpless citizenry which had been discouraged from leaving their houses or making contact with their fellow human beings. Isolated and afraid they fell victim to thousands of criminals who did not care about wearing masks, practicing social distancing or any of the other regulations imposed by Newsom.

While children were prevented from going to school and small businesses were forced to shut their doors, parks were gated off and people were warned against strolling through the beach, California’s criminals, set loose by Gov. Newsom, enjoyed an unprecedented crime spree.

In one year, murders shot up from 1,679 to 2,202, car thefts from 140,372 to 168,046, and arsons from 8,266 to 11,759. Californians learned to live in terror of disease, of each other and of crime.

There are at least 30 deaths on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s hands, and unknown numbers of sexual assaults, including against children as young as 14 years old who had their lives destroyed.

Now Gov. Newsom claims that crime in California is down. What he forgets to mention is that it’s only going down because the criminals he released are slowly being sent back to prison.

The Corrupt California series chronicles the misconduct, mismanagement and radical politics of the most broken state in the country. Stay tuned for more articles in the series. Previous articles below:

[1] L.A. Raises Sales Tax to 11% Over Stolen ‘Homeless’ Billions: CLICK HERE.

[2] California Dems Fight Trump While State Burns: CLICK HERE.

[3] Ex-Illegal Alien Senator Suspected of Bribery Leads California’s Insurance: CLICK HERE.

[4] Company That May Have Started L.A. Fires Donated Millions to Dems: CLICK HERE.

[5] California’s Legislature Hides FBI Investigations in the “Public Interest” CLICK HERE.

[6] An Assassination Has Ties to California’s Political Elite: CLICK HERE.

[7] California’s Most Corrupt Congressman Wants to ‘Drain the Swamp’: CLICK HERE.

[8] California Doubles Fine on White Drivers: CLICK HERE.

[9] Gov. Newsom’s $750M Gift to Hollywood Donors: CLICK HERE.

[10] Sex Abuse Settlements Bankrupt Democrat States: CLICK HERE.

[11] L.A. Raises Sales Tax to 11% Over Stolen ‘Homeless’ Billions: CLICK HERE.

[12] Gov. Newsom Gave $1.7M to Drag Queens That Targets Kids: CLICK HERE.

[13] Gov. Newsom Pitches Presidential Bid to Hollywood Donors With $7.5B Tax Credit: CLICK HERE.