A 24-year-old San Mateo man received two years of probation in June after pleading no contest to felony accessory and misdemeanor child abuse charges related to the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old Oakland girl. The agreement dropped more serious statutory rape and child pornography charges.
The resolution also covered allegations involving nude pictures of the victim, according to The Mercury News. The court ordered Andrade to stay away from the girl. Court records cited by the outlet show that he remained out of custody during the roughly four years the case was pending.
An Arrest in a Parked Car at Anthony Chabot Park
The incident underlying the case occurred on November 18, 2022, when Andrade was arrested around 1 a.m. in a parked car with the victim at Anthony Chabot Regional Park in the Oakland Hills, according to the same account. The East Bay Regional Park District currently lists the park's hours as 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Andrade told police that the girl had initially said she was 19, a detail she later confirmed.
Court records say Andrade later acknowledged learning the girl's actual age. He allegedly told investigators that he and the girl met at least seven times over a two-month period before his arrest.
What the plea means
According to an Alameda County Superior Court plea form, a defendant entering a guilty or no-contest plea acknowledges the charged offenses and may be subject to protective orders as part of the sentence. The form is a general advisement rather than a case-specific explanation of Andrade's negotiated resolution, which also included the dismissal of more serious charges.
Case Resolved Nearly Four Years Later
The June plea and sentencing ended a case that began with Andrade's late-2022 arrest and remained unresolved for nearly four years. Available records do not detail the full terms of his probation beyond its two-year length and the stay-away order, and they do not include statements from prosecutors, defense attorneys, the victim or Andrade.
