Fugitive Details ID 1908

Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Details

Saturday, 2/7/2026

Michael Wayne PANNELL

Up To $3,000 Reward

RACE: White SEX: Male DOB: 11/3/2025

HEIGHT: 6'1" WEIGHT: 210

AKA:

SMT: Tattoos on left leg. Scars on right knee and right wrist.

FBI #: 239084DB1

SID #: TX04765769; AR3273757; IN02188690

TDC #: 01244885

WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements

CCH: Rape, Child Molestation (x2), Sexual Solicitation/Indecency with a Child under 14, Incest, Robbery, Forgery Financial Instrument, Burglary of a Building, Possession of Marijuana

DATE
CAPTURED: 2/6/2026

CAPTURE
LOCATION: Bowie, Texas

CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, Montague Co SO

CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!

CAPTURE DETAILS:

Michael Wayne PANNELL, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on February 6, 2026, in Bowie, Texas. Working off investigative information, DPS Special Agents and Montague County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, arrested and located PANNELL at a business. In the early to mid-2000s, PANNELL was convicted of Burglary of a Building, Forgery Financial Instrument, Possession of Marijuana, and subsequently served time in prison. Since 2017, PANNELL has been charged in the states of Arkansas and Indiana with Sexual Solicitation/Indecency with a child under 14, Rape, Child Molestation (x2), and Incest. In May 2023, PANNELL was transferred from Indiana to Texas and registered as a sex offender in Montague County.PANNELL had been wanted since November 2025, when the Montague County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements.PANNELL’s capture was not from tip information received through Texas Crime Stoppers, so no reward will be paid.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following methods:
• Call the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477)
• Submit a web tip through the Texas 10 Most Wanted website or Facebook page • Submit a tip through the DPS Mobile App
All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted, and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name.
Callers’ anonymity is guaranteed by law and you could earn up to the CASH REWARD amount listed for each fugitive.
These fugitives should be considered Armed and Dangerous! Never try to apprehend a fugitive yourself.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of the following methods: • Call the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477) • Submit a web tip through the Texas 10 Most Wanted website or Facebook page • Submit a tip through the DPS Mobile App All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted, and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. Callers’ anonymity is guaranteed by law and you could earn up to the CASH REWARD amount listed for each fugitive. These fugitives should be considered Armed and Dangerous! Never try to apprehend a fugitive yourself.

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