October 24th 2024.
Hayward – The story began with a chance encounter between a man in his late 20s and a teenage girl at a mall. The girl later told police that she reluctantly gave him her number and rejected his attempt to hug her. What seemed like a random meeting would soon turn into a nightmare for the young girl. The man, identified as 26-year-old Andrew Patrick Kelly, is now in custody facing serious criminal charges.
According to court records, the story came to a horrifying end eight months later when Kelly allegedly raped the girl in his car. He then threatened to expose a video of them engaging in sexual acts to her loved ones if she didn't meet with him one last time. The charges against Kelly include forcible rape, unlawful sex with a minor, and oral copulation with a minor, all of which are felonies. The victim claims that Kelly sexually abused her during two previous meetings and then raped her during their final encounter in February. He then drove her back to her high school in the East Bay.
However, this was not the first time Kelly had been in trouble with the law. In a separate incident, he was arrested for sexual battery and later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge. He was given a probation sentence in April, just one month after the charge was filed. Kelly has entered a plea of not guilty and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for November. The evidence against him includes statements from the victim as well as conversations with two Fremont Police detectives who were posing as the girl after she reported the alleged extortion attempt.
During these conversations, Kelly repeated his threat to publish videos of him sexually abusing the girl unless she agreed to meet with him again. The victim had initially agreed to meet with him on the condition that he delete the videos in front of her. However, she had turned her phone over to the detectives so they could gather evidence against him. Kelly was arrested in late September at the same mall where he had met the girl.
In a subsequent interview with police, Kelly claimed that all of their sexual contact had been consensual and after the girl had turned 18. However, police say they have digital evidence that contradicts this statement. The victim, on the other hand, maintains that she had only agreed to meet with Kelly a few times before cutting off contact after he raped her.
In addition to these charges, Kelly also has two pending cases for misdemeanor domestic violence, as well as charges for drunk driving and child endangerment, all filed this year. There was also an incident in 2021 where he was arrested for indecent exposure, although he was never charged. As for now, Kelly remains in Santa Rita Jail on a $100,000 bail. The victim and her loved ones can only hope for justice to be served in this harrowing case.
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