Man accused of sexually assaulting two young girls

HENDERSON COUNTY — A Eustace man is being accused of aggravated sexual assault of a child after two young girls allegedly outcried to their mom. According to a report from our news partner KETK, the 69-year-old claims that if he did do it, ‘it happened in his sleep’.

At around 9:44 p.m. on Aug. 8, a Henderson County investigator received a phone call from the Eustace Police Department about a sexual assault of a child. The officer said on the phone that a woman was in their police department because her nine-year-old daughter told her James Malcolm McCrary, 69, of Eustace, sexually abused her.

The Henderson County investigator then scheduled an interview with the victim at the Children’s Advocacy Center, Maggie’s House in Athens. “The investigator was informed that while [the mom] was en route to Maggie’s House with her nine-year-old, her eleven-year-old daughter made an outcry against McCrary as well.” The affidavit said that during the interview, both victims reported that McCrary had sexually touched their private parts. The nine-year-old told investigators that she was touched by McCrary two mornings in a row. While the 11-year-old said that when McCrary was done touching her, he told her, ‘not to tell her mom.’

After the interviews with the victims, McCary was interviewed, where he first denied the allegations. “Then he stated that if it did happen, he was asleep and it happened in his sleep,” the document explained.

McCary was arrested on Aug. 9 for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, and he is currently being held on a $200,000 bond at the Henderson County Jail.