{"id":356799,"date":"2026-07-01T04:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356799\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:36:41","slug":"three-of-texas-10-most-wanted-sex-offenders-arrested-in-houston-plano-and-hidalgo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356799\/","title":{"rendered":"Three of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders arrested in Houston, Plano, and Hidalgo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUSTIN, Texas – Three fugitives who were on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list were arrested in three separate operations throughout the state.<\/p>\n

The arrests involve local agencies from Hidalgo, Plano and Houston, as well as state and federal law enforcement agencies, according to DPS officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3 Texas Most Wanted Sex Offenders Captured <\/p>\n

Local perspective:<\/p>\n

53-year-old Leroy Lewis Jr. was arrested June 22 at a residence in south Houston.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Leroy Lewis Jr. (Texas DPS)<\/p>\n

DPS special agents assigned to the Texas Anti-Gang Center worked with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston Police Department and the Texas attorney general’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit to locate and arrest him.<\/p>\n

Lewis had been wanted since March on a Harris County warrant charging him with failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.<\/p>\n

According to DPS, Lewis was convicted in the 1990s of murder, aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping. Authorities said the kidnapping involved a 20-year-old woman whom Lewis intended to sexually abuse. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison, paroled in 2012 and required to register as a sex offender.<\/p>\n

Tip leads to capture of Plano fugitive <\/p>\n

Dig deeper:<\/p>\n

64-year-old Kenneth Wayne Patterson was arrested on June 24 at a Plano apartment complex after investigators followed up on a tip.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kenneth Wayne Patterson (Texas DPS)<\/p>\n

DPS special agents, Plano police officers and members of the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force made the arrest. Patterson had been wanted since December 2025 on a Dallas County warrant alleging failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.<\/p>\n

Patterson was convicted in Dallas County in 1989 of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl and sentenced to eight years in prison, according to DPS. Authorities said he has a history of failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements.<\/p>\n

Hidalgo border arrest <\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

32-year-old Eduardo Quinones Fuentes was arrested on June 22 at the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge, after U.S. authorities took him into custody upon his return from Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Eduardo Quinones Fuentes (Texas DPS)<\/p>\n

DPS identified Fuentes as a documented Tango Valluco gang member who had absconded to Mexico. Fuentes had been wanted since October 2025 on parole violation and obstruction warrants. A Hidalgo County warrant charging him with failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements was issued in November 2025.<\/p>\n

Since 2016, Fuentes has been convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, sexual assault, assault, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and human smuggling, according to DPS.<\/p>\n

Rewards and 2026 Arrest Stats <\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

DPS said 44 fugitives on its 10 Most Wanted lists have been arrested so far this year, including 32 sex offenders and eight documented gang members. The agency said $61,500 in Crime Stoppers rewards has been paid in connection with those arrests.<\/p>\n

Texas Crime Stoppers offers rewards for information leading to the arrest of fugitives on the state’s 10 Most Wanted lists.<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this article was provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n

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