Texas’ Most Wanted Fugitives Captured In 2018

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has reported that 28 fugitives wanted through the Texas 10 Most Wanted Program — which included 15 convicted sex offenders — were arrested in 2018. In addition, $31,500 in reward money was paid for anonymous tips that resulted in arrests last year, DPS said in a news releae.

“The public is an integral part of what makes the Texas 10 Most Wanted program successful, because they provide law enforcement with tips that help us locate and arrest ruthless fugitives and sexual predators,” DPS Director Steven McCraw said in the release. “Through the work of our local, state and federal law enforcement partners, along with vigilant tipsters, we are able to take criminals off the streets and make our state a safer place to live.”

Of the 28 apprehensions, eight fugitives were located outside Texas and extradited from other states or Mexico. In addition, 11 of the fugitives apprehended were affiliated with the following gangs: Tango Blast, Bloods, Crips, Texas Chicano Brotherhood, Surenos Trece, Partido Revelucionario Mexicano, and Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, DPS said.

“Texans deserve to feel safe in their communities, and that is why Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Program and Texas Crime Stoppers are so important,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement. “The Most Wanted Program gives all Texans the tools necessary to help identify our state’s most heinous criminals. The results from this program speak for themselves, and I thank all those who are working every day to deliver justice for the victims preyed upon by these offenders.”

For more information on the fugitives captured in 2018 as part of the Texas 10 Most Wanted program, see the captured fugitive archive.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities using one of the three following methods:

• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
• Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about, and then clicking on the link under their picture.
• Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the “About” section).

All tips are anonymous — regardless of how they are submitted — and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. Do not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.

Photos via DPS