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Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Details

                    Wednesday, 4/17/2024
Albert Merell, Jr.
Up To $3,000 Reward
Picture Name:
RACE: Black SEX: Male DOB: 9/30/1977
HEIGHT: 6'2" WEIGHT: 200    
AKA: Albert Merrill, Albert Merrell, Jr., Albert Merrill, Jr., Buddy Merrill
SMT: Scars on right shoulder, left wrist, right forearm, and upper right arm.
FBI #: 357549DB6
SID #: TX05712438
TDC #: 01022890
WANTED FOR: Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements
GANG     
AFFILIATIONS: N/A
CCH: Aggravated Sexual Assault, Aggravated Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery, Burglary of Habitation, Evading Arrest/Detention, Criminal Trespass
DATE     
CAPTURED: 10/6/2019
CAPTURE  
LOCATION: San Antonio, Texas
CAPTURING
AGENCY: Bexar Co SO
CAUTION: Subject should be considered ARMED and DANGEROUS!
CAPTURE DETAILS:

On October 6, 2019, Albert MERELL, Jr., a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was taken into custody after turning himself in at the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in San Antonio, Texas.In January 2001, MERELL was convicted in Nueces County of Aggravated Sexual Assault and Aggravated Kidnapping following an incident with a 25-year-old woman. He subsequently received a 15-year sentence in TDCJ prison. MERELL was discharged from TDCJ in September 2015 and is required to register as a sex offender every three months for life.MERELL had been wanted since April 2017 after a warrant for MERELL’s arrest was issued out of Tarrant County for Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registration Requirements.The arrest was not the result of 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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