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Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Details

                    Sunday, 11/24/2024
Leonard Dee Taylor
Up To $3,000 Reward
Picture Name:
Reward Paid!
RACE: White SEX: Male DOB: 8/10/1971
HEIGHT: 5'11" WEIGHT: 150    
AKA: None
SMT: Tattoos on top of both hands.
FBI #: 455938XB8
SID #: TX05122697
TDC #: 01161575
WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements, Parole Violation (Original Offenses: Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child x2)
CCH: Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, Terroristic Threat
DATE     
CAPTURED: 7/23/2021
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Leonard Dee TAYLOR, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on July 23, 2021, in Houston, Texas. Working off tip information, members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force located and arrested TAYLOR at a motel on the east side of Houston. DPS Special Agents assisted in the investigation. In 2003, TAYLOR was convicted in Bowie County of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child after incidents involving a 4-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl. He was subsequently sentenced to 20 years in TDCJ prison. TAYLOR was released on parole in March 2015 and is required to register as a sex offender every three months for life. TAYLOR had been wanted since April 2018 after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a Parole Violation warrant for his arrest. Additionally, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for TAYLOR’s arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements.The 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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