The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division is seeking information about Mark Eriquezzo, who is wanted on first-degree and third-degree cruelty to children charges, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. The report says deputies consider him armed and dangerous; his current location is unknown.
The search spans state lines: Eriquezzo's 2014 black Ram 1500 pickup truck, bearing Georgia license tag WQP479, was left in Wetumpka, Alabama, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. Authorities have not disclosed any subsequent sightings or confirmed where he went after leaving the truck.
Who Deputies Are Looking For
The wanted bulletin lists Eriquezzo's birth date as March 9, 1999, and describes him as 5-foot-9, 195 pounds, with blue eyes, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. Deputies' warning that he may be armed and dangerous is part of the public alert.
FOX 5's report says its information came from a wanted bulletin published by the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division, which is asking anyone with information about Eriquezzo's whereabouts to come forward. Investigators have not released further details about the alleged conduct behind the charges or identified a victim.
Georgia child-welfare data
A Georgia Division of Family and Children Services prevention fact sheet reports that in FFY 2014, 23,387 cases of reported abuse were investigated and substantiated as child abuse and/or neglect, involving 22,163 unique child victims. The cited figure describes cases substantiated as abuse or neglect; it does not indicate criminal charges in Eriquezzo's case, and its 2014 reporting year does not establish a current statewide total.
How to Report a Tip
The bulletin asks anyone with information to contact Investigator L. Smith, badge number 3023, at 770-278-8044 or by email at [email protected]. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.
Wetumpka is roughly three hours from Rockdale County, but no further sightings or confirmed destination have been disclosed. Eriquezzo's whereabouts remain unknown.
