Texas Department of Public Safety:
AUSTIN (KYTX)
– The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Santos Francisco Sanchez,
45, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender list, and a $5,000 cash reward is
now offered for information leading to his capture. The Texas Syndicate gang
member has a violent criminal past and is wanted for Parole Violation and
Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. All tips can be offered anonymously.
Sanchez
was
born in Brown County, but has primarily resided in the Tarrant County area,
where he also has relatives. He was convicted in the sexual assault of a
12-year-old girl in Fort Worth in 1996, and was required to report to a halfway
house after his release from prison in 2003, but he never registered with the La
Villa Police Department in Hidalgo County. He has been known to work carpenter
jobs. (Please note the photos above are from
2003.)
Sanchez
is
5 feet 10 inches tall and was last known to weigh approximately 205 pounds. His
tattoos include: dragon/skulls/devils on his left forearm, a heart on his upper
left arm, a peacock on his upper right arm and heart/rose on his right forearm.
For more information, please view his wanted poster at:
http://www.dps.texas.gov/Texas10MostWanted/SexOffenderDetails.aspx?id=181.
Texas
Crime Stoppers, which is funded by the Governor's Criminal Justice Division,
offers cash rewards to any person who provides information that leads to the
arrest of one of the Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitives or sex offenders. There are
four different ways to provide anonymous tips:
- Call the Crime
Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
- Text the letters
DPS—followed by your tip—to 274637 (CRIMES) from your cell phone.
- Submit a web tip
through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about,
and then clicking on the link under their picture.
- Submit a
Facebook tip at http://www.facebook.com/texas10mostwanted by clicking the
"SUBMIT A TIP" link (under the "About" section).
All
calls, texts, e-mails and Facebook messages are anonymous.
DPS
investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for
the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive and Sex Offender lists. You can find the
current lists—with photos—on the DPS website at http://www.dps.texas.gov/texas10mostwanted/.
Do
not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and
dangerous.
Santos Francisco Sanchez
