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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Sex Offender

                    Friday, 11/22/2024
Billy Ray Dake
Up To $5,000 Reward
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RACE: White SEX: Male DOB: 6/6/1974
HEIGHT: 6'2" WEIGHT: 180    
AKA: Bill Dake, Ray Dake
SMT: Tattoos on left shoulder and upper left arm. Scars on left wrist, left knee, and right leg.
FBI #: 973338NA8
SID #: TX04581692
TDC #: 02186002
WANTED FOR: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Parole Violation (Original Offense: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender)
CCH: Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements, and Criminal Mischief
DATE     
CAPTURED: 11/1/2021
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Wichita Falls, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, Wichita Falls PD, Holliday PD
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Billy DAKE, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on November 1, 2021, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Working off investigative information, DPS Special Agents and officers from the Wichita Falls and Holliday Police Departments located and arrested DAKE. In 1992, DAKE was convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child following an incident involving a 5-year-old boy. He was subsequently sentenced to 12 years' confinement. In 2011, he was convicted of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements and sentenced to five years' confinement. In 2018, he was convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and sentenced to eight years' confinement. He was released on parole in November 2019. DAKE had been wanted since May 17, 2021, after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a warrant for his arrest for Parole Violation. Additionally, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest on August 27, 2021, for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The arrest was not from tip information received through Texas Crime Stoppers, so no reward will be paid.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following methods:
• Call the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477)
• Submit a web tip through the Texas 10 Most Wanted website or Facebook page • Submit a tip through the DPS Mobile App
All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted, and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name.
Callers’ anonymity is guaranteed by law and you could earn up to the CASH REWARD amount listed for each fugitive.
These fugitives should be considered Armed and Dangerous! Never try to apprehend a fugitive yourself.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following methods: • Call the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477) • Submit a web tip through the Texas 10 Most Wanted website or Facebook page • Submit a tip through the DPS Mobile App All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted, and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. Callers’ anonymity is guaranteed by law and you could earn up to the CASH REWARD amount listed for each fugitive. These fugitives should be considered Armed and Dangerous! Never try to apprehend a fugitive yourself.


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