{"id":203903,"date":"2026-08-08T14:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=203903"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:57:09","slug":"andrew-james-lee-arrested-charged-for-sexual-crimes-with-a-juvenile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=203903","title":{"rendered":"Andrew James Lee Arrested & Charged for Sexual Crimes with a Juvenile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonora, CA…On 07\/24\/2026, at approximately 2:25 a.m., the Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office received a report involving a 13-year-old juvenile who had reportedly been followed home by an adult male and was believed to be in danger. To protect the juvenile\u2019s identity and privacy, the juvenile will be referred to as \u201cConfidential Victim.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The reporting party told dispatchers that Confidential Victim had sent text messages stating an adult male had followed the juvenile home and entered the residence, but was currently outside the residence and making threats toward the victim\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

Deputies responded to the area and located 33-year-old Andrew James Lee near the victim\u2019s residence and detained him. During the subsequent investigation, Confidential Victim told deputies that Lee had initially been encountered at a convenience store and later followed the juvenile to the residence. Confidential Victim also disclosed that Lee had committed a sexual assault against the juvenile.<\/p>\n

Detectives were called to the scene and took over the investigation. Lee was transported to the Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office Investigations Office for further questioning.<\/p>\n

Following the investigation, Lee was arrested and subsequently booked into the Dambacher Detention Center on the following charges:
\n– 261 (a)(2) PC – Rape by force or fear
\n– 288 (a) PC – Lewd or lascivious acts of child under the age of 14
\n– 289 (c) PC – Sexual penetration of a minor
\n– 459 PC – Burglary<\/p>\n

The investigation remains active and ongoing. We will be releasing no further information at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonora, CA…On 07\/24\/2026, at approximately 2:25 a.m., the Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office received a report involving a 13-year-old juvenile who had reportedly been followed home by an adult male and was believed to be in danger. To protect the juvenile\u2019s identity and privacy, the juvenile will be referred to as \u201cConfidential Victim.\u201d The reporting party […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-law-enforcement","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/768963558_1346489847657167_2311258172535557340_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203905,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203903\/revisions\/203905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}