{"id":4661,"date":"2025-10-15T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4661\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:52:11","slug":"2-of-texas-most-wanted-sex-offenders-arrested-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/4661\/","title":{"rendered":"2 of Texas&#8217; most wanted sex offenders arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two men on the Texas Most Wanted Sex Offenders list were arrested last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Derrick Van Flowers and Spencer Mandell Giron were both wanted for failing to comply with registration requirements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both men were caught in traffic stops in Houston and Lake Charles, LA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">AUSTIN &#8211; Two men on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Texas<\/a> DPS 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list were arrested last week in Texas and Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both men had been on the run for months after failing to comply with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sex offender registration;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">sex offender registration<\/a> requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Most Wanted sex offender arrests<img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Derrick Van Flowers&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c0a4f0cdf413c2f904790134ef00dd57.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Derrick Van Flowers, 44, was arrested in Houston on Oct. 8 after a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The stop stemmed from an investigation into Flowers&#8217; location, a DPS release said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Flowers had been wanted in Harris County since April 2025. His original conviction was in 2008 for an incident with a 15-year-old girl, DPS says. He was convicted again in 2010 for failing to comply with his sex offender registration.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Spencer Mandell Giron&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/01d728df8c67091a1910f870a69decf6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spencer Mandell Giron, 48, was arrested in Lake Charles, LA, on Oct. 9, also following a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local authorities coordinated with DPS to arrest Giron following an investigation into his location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Giron had been wanted since June 2025. His original conviction came in 1998 for an incident with a 13-year-old girl, DPS says. He was later convicted again after an 11-year sentence, when he was tried for a federal drug offense in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this story came from the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Two men on the Texas Most Wanted Sex Offenders list were arrested last week. 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