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Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Details

                    Tuesday, 1/6/2026
Melvin Lee KENNON
Up To $3,000 Reward
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RACE: Black SEX: Male DOB: 3/19/1982
HEIGHT: 5'11" WEIGHT: 195    
AKA: None
SMT: Tattoos on back, chest and right arm. Scars on left wrist and upper left arm.
FBI #: 306038RC3
SID #: TX05796678
TDC #: 01420318
WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements
CCH: Sexual Assault of a Child
DATE     
CAPTURED: 1/6/2026
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: Seguin, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Texas DPS CID, Texas DPS Highway Patrol
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

Melvin Lee KENNON, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was captured on January 6, 2026, in Seguin, Texas. Working off investigative information, Texas DPS Special Agents coordinated with THP Troopers to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by KENNON. Following the traffic stop, KENNON was taken into custody without incident.In 2007, KENNON was convicted of Sexual Assault of a Child following an incident with a 15-year-old girl and subsequently sentenced to 6 years confinement. He was discharged from Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in 2012. KENNON had been wanted since September 2025, when a warrant was issued for his arrest out of Wilson County for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements.KENNON’s arrest 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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