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Another Texas 10 Most Wanted Captured Sex Offender

                    Thursday, 11/21/2024
Kenneth Wayne Dove, Jr.
Up To $5,000 Reward
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RACE: White (Hispanic) SEX: Male DOB: 12/25/1977
HEIGHT: 5'10" WEIGHT: 170    
AKA: Kenneth Dabb, Kenneth Najera Wayne Dove Jr., Kenneth Waynes Dove, Kenny Dove, Kenny Wayne Dove, Kenneth Najera, Kenneth Najeda, Kenny Najera, Kenneth Wayne Najera Jr., Kenneth Waynes
SMT: Scar on front of right knee.
FBI #: 28506LB0
SID #: TX06260276
TDC #: 02094271
WANTED FOR: Failure To Comply With Sex Offender Registration Requirements (X5), Evading Arrest/Detention
CCH: Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact, Assault Causing Bodily Injury of a Family Member, Assault Family/Household Member by Impeding Breath, Delivery of Marijuana, Failure to Comply – Sex Offender Duty to Register, Driving While Intoxicated, Bail Jumping and Failure to Appear, Possession of Marijuana, Criminal Mischief
DATE     
CAPTURED: 2/2/2024
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: El Paso, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, El Paso PD
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Kenneth Wayne DOVE, Jr., a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on February 2, 2024, in El Paso, Texas. Working off investigative information, members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, including DPS Special Agents, located and arrested DOVE. The El Paso Police Department (EPPD) Sex Offender Registry Team assisted in the multi-agency fugitive investigation.In 2009, DOVE was convicted of three counts of Delivery of Marijuana and subsequently sentenced to six months’ confinement for each offense, served concurrently. In 2016, he was convicted of two counts of Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact following two incidents with a five-year-old boy. He was subsequently sentenced to five years’ confinement in TDCJ for each offense, served concurrently.DOVE had been wanted since November 2022, after EPPD issued multiple warrants for his arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements. Since January 2023, additional warrants for his arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements and Evading Arrest/Detention were issued out of El Paso County.DOVE’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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