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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Sex Offender

                    Saturday, 12/14/2024
Michael Wayne Petterson
Up To $3,000 Reward
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RACE: White SEX: Male DOB: 1/13/1969
HEIGHT: 5'9" WEIGHT: 190    
AKA: Michael Petterson, Michael W Petterson, Mike Petterson
SMT: Tattoos on both arms.
FBI #: 534838LA6
SID #: TX04289575
TDC #: 00620553
WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements
CCH: Aggravated Sexual Assault, Assault Causes Bodily Injury Family Member, Assault Family/Household Member Impede Breath/Circulation, Burglary of Habitation, Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements, Harassment
DATE     
CAPTURED: 11/27/2024
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Dayton, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, Texas DPS Highway Patrol, U.S. Marshals East Texas Fugitive Task Force, Chambers Co SO
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Michael Wayne PETTERSON, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on November 27, 2024, in Dayton, Texas. Working off investigative information, DPS Special Agents, along with THP, Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, and members of the U.S. Marshals Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force, located and arrested PETTERSON.In 1991, PETTERSON was convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault of Another Person following an incident with a 17-year-old female. He was subsequently sentenced to 10 years confinement. In 2003, PETTERSON was convicted of Harassment. In 2008, PETTERSON was convicted of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements and subsequently sentenced to 5 years’ probation. In 2014, he was convicted of Assault of a Family/Household Member by Impeding Breath/Circulation and subsequently sentenced to 5 years’ probation.On November 7, 2023, a warrant was issued out of San Augustine County for PETTERSON’s arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements.PETTERSON’s 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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