FOUNTAIN — A 50-year-old Fountain man has been arrested after allegedly telling investigators an 11-year-old asked to have sex with him, according to Bay County Sheriff’s Office records.
John Patrick Marquardt, 50, was arrested on charges of molestation Sunday at about 9 p.m. at his Fountain home at 18134 Olivia Street.
Earlier that day, an 11-year-old told one of his relatives that Marquardt approached him at about 3 p.m. in a grocery store and said he needed to speak with him. Marquardt walked the child across to U.S. 231 to a trailer where he gave the 11-year-old alcohol until he passed out. The child said he awoke without his clothes and Marquardt lying next to him, according to arrest records.
The family then contacted BCSO.
When investigators confronted Marquardt at his home, he admitted to giving the child alcohol, BCSO said. However, Marquardt told them the 11-year-old came over to his house and asked to have sex with him, BCSO reported.
Marquardt made his first appearance in court Monday. He is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim less than 12-years of age.