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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Sex Offender

                    Sunday, 11/24/2024
Steve Lopez
Up To $3,000 Reward
Picture Name:
Reward Paid!
RACE: White (Hispanic) SEX: Male DOB: 11/1/1966
HEIGHT: 5'6" WEIGHT: 155    
AKA: Steve Garcia Lopez, Steve Garcia
SMT: Tattoos on back, chest, left wrist, right arm, and both shoulders. Scar on left knee.
FBI #: 230225FB7
SID #: TX04495240
TDC #: 01916603
WANTED FOR: Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
CCH: Aggravated Sexual Assault, Aggravated Assault, Assault Causes Bodily Injury, Sex Offender Registration Violation, Evading Arrest/Detention, Driving While Intoxicated, Possession of Marijuana
DATE     
CAPTURED: 11/8/2019
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Victoria, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, U.S. Marshals Service - Victoria Division
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Steve LOPEZ, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on November 8, 2019, in Victoria, Texas.Working off tip information, DPS Special Agents, along with deputies from the U.S. Marshals Service – Victoria Division, located and arrested LOPEZ in Victoria.In 1999, LOPEZ was convicted in Nolan County of Aggravated Sexual Assault following an incident involving a 10-year-old girl. He was subsequently sentenced to 5 years in TDCJ prison. In 2014, LOPEZ returned to TDCJ prison after he was convicted in Nolan County of Sex Offender Registration Violation. He was last discharged from TDCJ in July 2016.LOPEZ had been wanted since August 2018 after a warrant was issued for his arrest in Taylor County for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.The arrest was the result of tip information received through 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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