Attorney general seeks to prevent Spokane sex offender release

The Washington attorney’s general’s office is seeking to prevent the release of a convicted Spokane sex offender from prison. Travis C. Fields, 37, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison in June 2008 after pleading guilty to second-degree child molestation and third-degree rape of a child. He also has a prior conviction for attempted first-degree child molestation in 1993. In a news release, the attorney general’s office said Fields was due to be released March 21. The office has petitioned to have Fields civilly committed and alleges he is mentally ill and sexually dangerous. A judge found probable cause to believe Fields is a sexually violent predator on March 19, a ruling allowing the state to detain him for further proceedings.