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Carl James Hegert (left) and Brien Keith Coleman | Texas DPS <\/p>\n
HOUSTON – Two of Texas’ most wanted criminals are behind bars after state troopers’ efforts to find the fugitives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Texas Department of Public Safety released information on the arrests Friday.<\/p>\n
Carl James Hegert arrested <\/p>\n
Hegert, 40, was wanted on a Waller County warrant for larceny, which was issued in October 2025, and a San Jacinto County warrant for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.<\/p>\n
He was captured in Houston on Feb. 18 by Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Special Agents, Texas Highway Patrol (THP) Troopers assigned to the Texas Anti-Gang (TAG) \u2013 Violent Crimes Unit in Houston and with members of the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force.<\/p>\n
He was originally convicted of a number of crimes starting in 2006, including theft of a firearm, sexual assault of a child, assault causing bodily injury to a family member, failure to register as a sex offender and manufacture\/delivery of a controlled substance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brien Keith Coleman arrested <\/p>\n
Coleman, 39, was wanted on a McLennan County warrant for indecency with a child by sexual contact, which was issued in December 2025.<\/p>\n
He was arrested in Waco by DPS Special Agents and other members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and THP Troopers, who worked together to locate Coleman and perform a traffic stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was originally arrested in September 2023 for indecency with a child by sexual contact, and had been wanted against after bonding out for a protective order violation on Dec. 10, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Source: Information in this article comes from Texas DPS.<\/p>\n
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