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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Sex Offender

                    Friday, 11/22/2024
Kelly Machado Hernandez
Up To $5,000 Reward
Picture Name:
Reward Paid!
RACE: White (Hispanic) SEX: Male DOB: 6/5/1974
HEIGHT: 5'5" WEIGHT: 190    
AKA: N/A
SMT: Tattoos on back and right arm. Mole on left cheek.
FBI #: 433609PA3
SID #: TX04635812
TDC #: 00642889
WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Tampering with Evidence, Evading Arrest with a Vehicle, Bail Jumping, Probation Violation
CCH: Sexual Assault of a Child, Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Credit Card/Debit Card Abuse, Evading Arrest, Resisting Arrest, Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence, Public Lewdness, Failure to Appear
DATE     
CAPTURED: 7/1/2022
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Corpus Christi, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Corpus Christi PD
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Kelly HERNANDEZ, a high-risk sex offender, was captured on July 1, 2022, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Working off tip information, Corpus Christi Police Department officers located and arrested HERNANDEZ at a bar.In 1994, HERNANDEZ was convicted of two counts of Sexual Assault of a Child after incidents involving two girls, ages 10 and 14. He was given two 10-year sentences to be served concurrently. In March 2021, he was convicted of Credit Card/Debit Card Abuse and received three years’ probation.HERANDEZ has been wanted since August 16, 2021, after the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office issued two warrants for his arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements and Probation Violation. In addition, on August 18, 2021, the Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office issued warrants for his arrest for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Tampering with Evidence, Evading Arrest with a Vehicle, and Bail Jumping.HERNANDEZ’s arrest was the result of tip information received through Texas Crime Stoppers and a reward was 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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