AUBURN, Calif. — Placer County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man after receiving calls of an allegedly intoxicated father, armed with a knife, with his missing two-year-old son.
According to a Facebook post by the sheriff's office, deputies received a call just before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, for a missing child. After searching around Highway 49, deputies spotted 30-year-old Abel Mosqueda, of Auburn, at a 76 gas station with his son.
A field sobriety test was performed on Mosqueda and detectives said they suspected him of being under the influence of cocaine and armed with a knife.
The Auburn man was arrested on charges of child endangerment, under the influence of a controlled substance, and later was charged with allegedly destroying and concealing evidence while being transported to Auburn Jail.
