TEXAS (KAUZ) – According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), three of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders are back in custody following their recent arrests.
Authorities captured Andrew Lopez in San Antonio, Albert Merell, Jr. in Corpus Christi, and Kerry Armstrong in Erath Co. earlier this month.
Details on the three and their charges can be found below:
36-year-old Andrew Anthony Lopez, a documented Tango Orejon gang member, was taken into custody in San Antonio on May 6. DPS shared that Lopez had been wanted since February 2026, after a warrant for his arrest was issued out of Bexar Co. for not complying with sex offender registration requirements.
In 2007, Lopez was arrested for burglary and convicted. DPS said in 2013, Lopez was convicted in Bexar Co. for aggravated sexual assault of a child following an incident with a 7-year-old girl.
48-year-old Albert Merell Jr. was taken into custody in Corpus Christi on May 11. DPS stated that he had been wanted since August 2025, after a warrant was issued out of Tarrant Co. for his arrest for not complying with sex offender registration requirements.
DPS shared that in 2001, Merrel Jr. was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and burglary.
57-year-old Kerry Jay Armstrong was taken into custody in Thurber, located in Erath Co. He had been wanted since October 2025, after warrants were issued out of Kinney Co. for his arrest for not complying with sex offender registration requirements and bail jumping/failure to appear, according to DPS.
In 1992, Armstrong was convicted of delivery of marijuana and sentenced to 5 years in prison. In 1997, he was also convicted in Denton Co. of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child sexual contact, following incidents with a 12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl.
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