Registered sex offender accused of sexually abusing another child

Marquez is charged with online solicitation of a minor under 14 and indecency with a child by sexual contact. Marquez was accused of picking up the 12-year-old from the front of her house in the 2700 block of Cherokee Trail on July 16.

After an Amber Alert was issued, Corinth police found the girl on the evening of July 16 at a McDonald’s in Carrollton, where she was by herself.

Corinth police worked since the incident to develop probable cause to obtain warrants for Marquez’s arrest. Upon turning himself in, Marquez was arrested and booked at the Denton County Jail.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Marquez was being held in lieu of $75,000 bail for each count. He is required to register as a sex offender for life due to two charges from 2014: indecency with a child by sexual contact and aggravated sexual assault of a child, for which he served probation, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s sex offender registry. The child in this case was a 13-year-old girl, according to the registry.

Online solicitation of a minor under 14 is a second-degree felony punishable by as much as 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Indecency with a child by sexual contact is also a second-degree with the same punishment.

In a press release, the Corinth Police Department encouraged parents to have proactive conversations and monitor their children’s social media usage. The majority of child predator sex offenses start on social media apps, according to the release.