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Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Details

                    Monday, 11/4/2024
Joey Ray Gonzalez
Up To $3,000 Reward
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RACE: White (Hispanic) SEX: Male DOB: 5/24/1986
HEIGHT: 5'6" WEIGHT: 165    
AKA: Joey Gonzalez, Joey R Gonzalez
SMT: Tattoos on head, neck, both arms, both hands, and both legs. Scars on face and left knee.
FBI #: 725607DC4
SID #: TX07253464
TDC #: 01785574
WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements
CCH: Sexual Assault of a Child, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Theft of Property
DATE     
CAPTURED: 9/24/2024
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, Texas DPS Highway Patrol
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Joey Ray GONZALEZ, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on September 24, 2024, in Houston, Texas. Working off investigative information, DPS Special Agents, including Special Agents from the Computer Information Technology and Electronic Crimes (CITEC) Unit, located and arrested GONZALEZ. DPS Highway Patrol Troopers assisted with the fugitive investigation.In 2007, GONZALEZ was convicted of Sexual Assault of a Child following an incident with a 14-year-old girl and subsequently sentenced to 3 years confinement in prison. In 2012, he was convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and subsequently sentenced to 2 years confinement in prison.GONZALEZ had been wanted since February 2024, when a warrant was issued out of Harris County for his arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements.GONZALEZ’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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