For Immediate Release
Date: November 19, 2021
From the Office of DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden:
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — After an investigation by DeKalb County Investigators, a Flat Rock man is in the DeKalb County Detention Center regarding sexual abuse of a minor.
On Thursday, November 18th, Mark Anthony Bryson (40 of Flat Rock) was arrested on charges of Rape 1st (x2), Rape 2nd, Sex Abuse Child Less Than 12 and Sodomy 1st.
Bryson was arrested for a previous investigation in the alleged sexual abuse of a minor. Bryson’s bond is set at $1,100,000. Due to the victim being a minor, we are unable to release further information on this case.
If you feel like you, or a family member, is being abused, please call our office at 256-845-3801.
DeKalb County Sheriff Nick Welden said of the incident: “To protect the family and the victim, as always, information on these cases is limited. This is a great job by our investigators whose sole purpose is to protect our children from predators like this.”
“God Bless!” Concluded Sheriff Welden.
