New charge keeps serial child molester jailed in Roseville

ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A convicted serial child molester who once preyed on the most vulnerable in the Sacramento area is back behind bars after Placer County.

Prosecutors filed a new charge just hours before he was set to be released on parole last Thursday.

David Allen Funston, 64, made a brief appearance Monday in a Roseville courtroom. The arraignment and bail review were continued, and he will remain in jail without bail for now — a decision that comes as a relief to many in the community who feared what could happen if he were released…

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