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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D), under pressure from activist groups, fast-tracked the early release of thousands of criminals from prison during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sprinkled throughout that list were some of the most heinous child rapists and sex predators in the state, including an illegal immigrant from Honduras convicted of molesting at least six young girls.
This happened despite his own Department of Public Safety promising that nobody “serving a sentence for a crime against a person” would qualify for early release.
RedState can now exclusively report on at least four such monsters who made the cut.
To discover the sex predators, we searched the official PDF settlement document for the names and offender numbers of the individuals on Roy Cooper’s early release list, then cross-referenced them in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction’s public offender search tool to confirm their photos, full criminal histories, release dates, and current status.
The result? Some of the more horrifying cases one could possibly uncover — the worst child rapists and predators who were quietly placed on Cooper’s list and set free early.
Here’s 2 minutes of Roy Cooper refusing to answer why he agreed to release Iryna Zarutska’s killer from prison early, along with 3,500 other criminals.pic.twitter.com/u8GtNnBAiZ https://t.co/oHFcfzRlq6
— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) May 3, 2026
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Roger Diaz-Castellano — Offender # 1650580
One of the most disturbing cases on Cooper’s early release list is Roger Diaz-Castellano, an illegal immigrant from Honduras. In 2020, he was convicted on seven counts of indecent liberties with at least six juvenile girls under the age of 16. Reports of his sexual abuses date all the way back to 2010.
Court records state that a particular victim “is one of six juvenile females to report inappropriate behavior of sexual abuse at the hands of Diaz-Castellano.”
After serving just one year in prison—and only a month before he was set to be released early under Cooper’s program—the U.S. Department of Justice indicted him for lying on his Application for Temporary Protected Status. His case was part of Operation False Haven, a federal initiative aimed at identifying and prosecuting child molesters and other serious felons who fraudulently obtained immigration benefits.
Jimmie Speight — Offender # 1224591
Another nightmare case involves Jimmie Speight, a repeat sex offender with prior convictions for indecent liberties with a child and failure to register as a sex offender.
Speight was released from prison in November 2020 — nine months ahead of his scheduled release date — only to be charged four months later in April 2021 with second-degree murder, rape, and kidnapping.
According to reports, Speight shot into the car of 36-year-old Edmond Moore Jr., and deputies later spotted him walking door-to-door asking strangers for a ride to Greenville. Officers found a gun and drugs near the location where he was detained.
David Walker — Offender # 0728702
David Walker was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the rape and indecent liberties with a 5-year-old girl. Court records describe how Walker played sexual “games” with the child. A 3-year-old watched the abuse.
Walker’s disturbing behavior left the 5-year-old displaying advanced sexual knowledge far beyond her years, highlighting the profound trauma inflicted on such a young victim.
This was not Walker’s first or only sexual offense.
Despite the horrific nature of his crimes, he was released early under Cooper’s watch, another beneficiary of his fast-tracked prison release program.
Calvin L Fluitt Jr – Offender # 1143823
Calvin L. Fluitt Jr., a serial child predator who once told authorities, “Little children arouse me,” is a textbook example of the dangerous repeat offenders who were freed under Cooper’s early release program.
His criminal history spans more than a decade, beginning with a 2011 peeping tom conviction. In 2016, he was convicted of indecent liberties with a child, abduction of a child, and false imprisonment after he was caught kneeling beside a 4-year-old girl with his hands near her genitals.
While that case was being investigated, he tried to lure a 5-year-old girl into his car with candy.
Paroled again in 2017, Fluitt continued reoffending, picking up new convictions in 2019 for being a registered sex offender on a child’s premises. As recently as 2024, he was convicted of multiple sex offender registration violations and was released yet again in March of this year. His parole ends in December.
These are just four of the predators Cooper chose to set free early. With nearly half of those released under his program going on to reoffend, North Carolina families are right to wonder how many more victims will pay the price for the governor’s reckless deal with activist groups.
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