SAN ANTONIO -Deputies are pleading for the public’s help to find a missing 12-year-old boy.

12-year-old Samuel Puente was last seen around 7 a.m. on Monday, March 30, near the corner of Castle Knight Drive and Midcrown Drive.

According to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, Puente stands about 4 feet and 6 inches tall, weighing about 50 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

He was last seen wearing white Jordans, red leather bottoms, and a hoodie. He has a piercing in his left ear.

Deputies say he was last seen near Ed White Middle School. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office at (210)335-6000, or email missingpersons@bexar.org.

It is a Class A Misdemeanor to harbor or hide a runaway child, which could be punishable by a $1,000 fine, and or up to one year in jail.