Wednesday, 10 January 2007 01:09
Sexual Assault Suspect Arrested
On Friday January 5, 2007
at approximately 0330 hours, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a 17
year old female had been sexually assaulted by her former step-father at a
residence on Buckhorn Ridge Road
in Pioneer. Amador County
Sheriff’s Deputies responded and contacted the female and the suspect. The female stated she had taken medication
and became drowsy. She subsequently
awoke to find the suspect, nude, orally copulating her. She indicated the suspect sexually penetrated
her digitally and with a foreign object.
The suspect was interviewed at the scene and confessed to the committing
the acts. Amador County Sheriff’s Investigators responded to the scene to
conduct additional interviews and to collect the physical evidence. The victim was transported to the UC Davis
Medical Center for an examination. The former step-father, John Frederick Gladish, 57, of Pioneer was
arrested and transported to the Amador County Jail for processing. Gladish was charged with violations of PC
288A(F), oral copulation of an unconscious victim; and PC 289(E), sexual
penetration of a victim under the influence of medications. Gladish’s bail was set at $50,000.00.