We spoke with Sheriff Matt Kendall yesterday, after his office posted the description, the statement that Joaquin is “considered armed and dangerous,” and a request for anyone who has information about his whereabouts to contact the sheriff’s office. Anonymous tips can also be left with wetip, the crime reporting hotline, at wetip.com or 1 (800) 78-CRIME.
The suspect, Lee Anthony Joaquin, was born in 1989 and has a long history of violence. He’s been charged with misdemeanor battery and inflicting corporal injury on the mother of his children twice. He has previously been convicted of two or more felonies, for burglary, buying and receiving stolen property, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He has an active misdemeanor charge for possession of over an ounce of marijuana.
Joaquin is five feet five inches tall and has shoulder length curly black hair. In a picture on the sheriff’s Facebook page, he has a neatly trimmed beard and mustache.
