A thirty-year-old Rome man was booked into the Floyd County Jail Monday on charges of child molestation, terroristic threats and acts, and 1^st-degree cruelty to children.

According to the arrest warrants:

Mark Paul Dawson Sr., of a Dodd Boulevard address, molested a child in December of 2022 at a location on Doyle Road in Cedartown.

He also threatened to kill the victim if she told anyone.

Dawson is also charged with sexual battery against a child under the age of 16 and a felony count of failure to appear in court.

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