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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Sex Offender

                    Friday, 11/22/2024
Margarito Garcia
Up To $3,000 Reward
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RACE: White (Hispanic) SEX: Male DOB: 8/14/1962
HEIGHT: 5'2" WEIGHT: 135    
AKA: Margarito Flores Garcia, Margarito Flores, Mike Garcia, Junior Garcia, Spider, TS
SMT: Tattoos on face, left ear, neck, chest, back, abdomen, both shoulders, both arms, both hands, and left finger.
FBI #: 791810X2
SID #: TX02854120
TDC #: 01744464
WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Reg. Requirements W/Previous Conviction, Parole Violation (Original Offense: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Reg. Requirements)
CCH: Sexual Assault, Burglary, Escape, Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements, DWI, Resisting Officer, and Criminal Mischief
DATE     
CAPTURED: 6/27/2022
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Plainview, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Plainview PD
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Margarito GARCIA, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was arrested on June 27, 2022, in Plainview, Texas. Working off investigative information, Plainview Police Department officers located and arrested GARCIA at a residence.In 1986, GARCIA was convicted of Burglary and given a three-year sentence. The following year, he was convicted of Escape and was given another three-year sentence to run concurrently. In 1989, he was convicted of Sexual Assault after an incident involving a 33-year-old woman. He was sentenced to 15 years of confinement. In 2011, GARCIA was given a 25-year sentence after a conviction of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements. He was released on parole in August 2020.GARCIA had been wanted since June 2021, after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a warrant for GARCIA’s arrest for Parole Violation. Additionally, in August 2021, the Ector County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements with a Previous Conviction.GARCIA’s arrest was not from tip information received through 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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