Convicted rapist considered for release near Girl Scout camp in California

• Michael Thomas Cheek, 74, is being considered for release from a locked psychiatric facility.
• State officials are weighing a plan to transfer Cheek to a rental home in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
• The proposed rental home is valued at more than $800,000 and is located near a Girl Scout camp.
• Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark is fighting the plan.
• Cheek was convicted of violent crimes, including rape, in the 1970s.