AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Daniel Garcia Brown, 47, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, and a cash reward up to $3,000 is now being offered for information leading to his capture. Brown, a confirmed member of the West Texas Tangos gang, is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender and parole violation. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.
Brown has ties to El Paso and Midland. He has been wanted since August 2017, after he absconded from an El Paso facility where he had been placed in June 2016 following his parole on a failure to register conviction. Prior to that in 1999, Brown was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping for an incident in Midland County involving a 24-year-old woman.
Brown is 6 feet tall and weighs approximately 225 pounds. He has a tattoo of "GARCIA" on his upper back and additional tattoos on his chest, left shoulder, both upper arms, and the back of his neck. Brown may also be known by the first name of "Danny." For more information or updates in the event of his arrest, see his wanted bulletin.
Texas Crime Stoppers, which is funded by the Governor's Criminal Justice Division, offers cash rewards to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest of one of the Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitives or sex offenders. So far in 2017, Texas Crime Stoppers has paid $48,000 in total rewards for anonymous tips that resulted in arrests.
To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities using one of the three following methods:
- Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
- Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about, and then clicking on the link under their picture.
- Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the "SUBMIT A TIP" link (under the "About" section).
All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted – and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name.
DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive and Sex Offender lists. You can find the current lists – with photos – on the DPS website.
Do not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.
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