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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Fugitive

                    Friday, 11/22/2024
Victor Manuel Gaeta
Up To $5,000 Reward
Picture Name:
Reward Paid!
RACE: White (Hispanic) SEX: Male DOB: 6/21/1972
HEIGHT: 5'9" WEIGHT: 190    
AKA: Victor Alvarez, Victor Manuel Alvarez, Manuel Gaeta, Victory Gatea
SMT: Tattoos on neck, chest, back, left forearm, and left hand. Scar on nose.
FBI #: 748100NA5
SID #: TX04545815
TDC #: 01304060
WANTED FOR: Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
CCH: Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Assault on a Family/Household Member with Previous Convictions, Robbery, Assault Causing Bodily Injury, Assault Causing Bodily Injury to a Family Member, Sale/Distribution/Dispense of Narcotics, Probation Violation (Original Offense: Sale/Distribution/Dispense of Narcotics)
DATE     
CAPTURED: 6/24/2023
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Anthony, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, Anthony PD
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Victor GAETA, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive, was captured on June 24, 2023, in Anthony, Texas. Working off tip information received, members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, including DPS Special Agents, located and arrested GAETA. Anthony Police Department officers were also involved in this multi-agency fugitive investigation.In 2005, GAETA was convicted of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and sentenced to two years of confinement in a TDCJ prison. In 2009, he was convicted of selling, distributing or dispensing narcotics and subsequently sentenced to 51 months imprisonment in a federal facility, followed by three years of supervised release.GAETA had been wanted since November 2022, when the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.GAETA’s arrest was the result of tip information received through Texas Crime Stoppers, so 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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