CRIME SOLVERS TIPLINE:  860-527-TIPS 

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:  Thursday, May 29, 2008

REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER
WANTED BY HARTFORD POLICE

(Hartford) - Detectives of the Hartford Police Department's Juvenile Investigative Division have secured an arrest warrant for Marcos A. Rivera, DOB 9/26/1978, a registered sex offender, in connection with the sexual assault of a six year old female that occurred in 2002-03.  The victim, currently 11, identified Rivera to police. 

Rivera, registered on the State of Connecticut Registry, is wanted by Hartford Police on five (5) counts of sexual assault in the first degree, two (2) counts of sexual assault second degree, two (2) counts sexual assault fourth degree and two (2) counts of risk of injury to a minor. 

Rivera, described as an Hispanic male, 5'7", 215 lbs, with brown hair and hazel eyes, was last known to stay with his mother at 212 Laurel Street, Hartford, but is believed by police to have fled the area.  Rivera, currently on probation relating to a previous sexual assault conviction, has family ties in Pennsylvania, California and Puerto Rico.  In an unrelated case in 2003 Rivera was sentenced and serve five years in prison for sexual assault 2nd degree, risk of injury to a minor, and criminal possession of a firearm.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Marcos A. Rivera is asked to contact Harford Police Department Lieutenant Mark Tedeschi, Commander of the HPD's Juvenile Investigative Division, at 860-757-4235, or call the HPD's Crime Solvers Tipline at 860-527-TIPS (8477).

Marcos A. Rivera, DOB 09/26/1978

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Contact:   Nancy M. Mulroy, Public Information Officer, Hartford Police Department,  (860) 757-4021
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