Convicted child molester pleads not guilty to new charges

(The Center Square) – A convicted child molester who was scheduled to be released from prison on elderly parole is pleading not guilty to new child molestation charges in Placer County, according to the county District Attorney’s Office. David Allen Funston, 64, who was previously convicted of child molestation charges in Sacramento County, was serving three life sentences in prison for his crimes. Because he was expected to be in prison for the rest of his life, the Placer County District Attorney’s Office never pursued a separate charge related to alleged child molestation in Placer County in 1996. He was found by the state’s Board of Parole Hearings to qualify for elderly parole late last year. He was handed over to authorities in Placer County to face the new charges, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Given elder parole and other potential releases based upon good behavior, it’s