Suspect Caught In Car Performing Lewd Acts On Minor: SMC Deputies

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — A 24-year-old man was arrested Wednesday evening on suspected sex acts with a minor after patrolling deputies checked on two individuals in a car parked on the side of a Pescadero road, authorities said.

A deputy spied the vehicle, with two inside at about 5:54 p.m., stopped along Pescadero Creek Road near the Butano Cutoff, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said.

The two, including Juan Delacruz Venegas of Pescadero, were questioned after stepping from the car as Deputy Mulvihill walked up, officials said.

"In speaking with the two people, the deputy discovered the suspect Juan Delacruz Venegas committed lewd acts with the 13-year-old female victim," the agency said. "The suspect also gave marijuana to the victim, and he was in possession of methamphetamine."

Venegas was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City for suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old.

Suspecting "there are potentially more victims out there," the agency requests anyone who had contact with Venegas, or whose children did and possibly were "victimized," to contact Detective Serrano at 650-363-4066 or Detective Derespini at 650-363-4055.

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