A Morgan Hill resident was arrested near his place of employment
in Hollister Wednesday morning for allegedly battering and sexually
molesting a minor, police said.
A Morgan Hill resident was arrested near his place of employment in Hollister Wednesday morning for allegedly battering and sexually molesting a minor, police said.
Juan “John” William Macadaeg, 44, was arrested by Morgan Hill police around 11 a.m. Wednesday after police received a call from a 17-year-old female earlier that morning saying she had been either physically or sexually abused for possibly two months, said Morgan Hill Police Lt. Joe Sampson.
“Until the DA investigates, it is unconfirmed whether it was both or just physical or what,” Sampson said.
Macadaeg was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on charges of felony sexual penetration by force, misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor annoying or molesting a child, according to jail personnel.
Police declined to specifically detail the accusations because the matter is under investigation.
The minor said Macadaeg had punched her in the chest after an argument, and she then called police from a pay phone, according to a police statement.
Later, the minor alleged instances of sexual abuse, the statement said.
“There only has to be one instance of that (to be arrested for sexual abuse),” Sampson said. “It doesn’t matter if it lasted for one month, one week or one minute.”
Macadaeg remains in custody in lieu of $200,000 bail.
Macadaeg, a Hollister Free Lance newspaper employee, has four prior arrests out of the San Jose area, the most recent in 1989 and dating back to 1979, according to Santa Clara County Superior Court records. Information about the arrests was unavailable from the court.
