The State - News from July 2, 1987

Oregon officials refused to allow paroled rapist Lawrence Singleton, who has been rejected by one California community after another, to move to their state. California officials had asked Oregon to accept supervision of Singleton, who sexually attacked a girl and chopped off her forearms, the Oregon Department of Corrections said. The decision to refuse was made by department Director Michael Francke after a meeting with Gov. Neil Goldschmidt. The department said Singleton had asked for permission to live in the southern Oregon community of Azalea, between Roseburg and Grants Pass. He planned to live on a farm and work in exchange for room and board. Singleton was paroled April 25 from San Quentin Prison, where he had served a sentence since July, 1979, for convictions of attempted murder, rape and sodomy.