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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Sex Offender

                    Thursday, 11/21/2024
Chaun Edward Prine
Up To $3,000 Reward
Picture Name:
Reward Paid!
RACE: White SEX: Male DOB: 12/4/1976
HEIGHT: 5'9" WEIGHT: 205    
AKA: Shawn Prine
SMT: Tattoos on face, neck, chest, back, both arms, left wrist, and both hands
FBI #: 909067LB9
SID #: TX05236347
TDC #: 02163454
WANTED FOR: Online Solicitation of a Minor, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender (X2)
CCH: Sexual Assault of a Child, Assault Causes Bodily Injury, Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Online Solicitation of a Minor, Contributing to Delinquency/Neglect of a Child, Burglary of a Building, Theft of Property, Failure to Identify, and Evading Arrest
DATE     
CAPTURED: 5/24/2022
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, Texas DPS Highway Patrol, U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Chaun PRINE, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender affiliated with the Peckerwood gang, was arrested on May 24, 2022, in Houston, Texas. Working off tip information, DPS Special Agents and Troopers, along with members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force, located and arrested PRINE at a storage facility in northwest Houston.In 2001, PRINE was convicted of Sexual Assault of a Child after an incident involving a 15-year-old girl. He was sentenced to seven years in TDCJ prison. In 2017 and 2018, he was convicted of Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements and Evading Arrest/Detention with a Vehicle, for which he received a two-year and three-year sentence. In June 2021, PRINE was arrested for Online Solicitation of a Minor and Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements. He subsequently bonded out.PRINE had been wanted since December 17, 2021, after the Waller County Sheriff’s Office issued three felony warrants for his arrest for Online Solicitation of a Minor and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender (X2).PRINE’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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