DPS adds 2 fugitives to Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminals list
The Texas Department of Public Safety is advising the public to be on the lookout for two fugitives added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list.
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Department of Public Safety is advising the public to be on the lookout for two fugitives added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list.
DPS says it has added two fugitives to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, and cash rewards of up to $3,000 each are now being offered for information leading to their captures.
All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.
The department says of the fugitives:
- Marcus Lee Torres, 39, is wanted for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements and a parole violation.
- Henry Anthony Taylor, 52, who is a high-risk sex offender, is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender.
DPS says not to attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.
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Torres is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 175 pounds. He has tattoos on his head, face, neck, left shoulder, back, chest, abdomen, arms, hands, and legs.
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DPS says Torres has been wanted since January 2020, when he violated his parole by not showing up to meet his parole officer and absconding from his last known address in Amarillo.
In 1998, Torres was sentenced to 30 years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison after he was convicted in Nolan County on two counts of aggravated sexual assault for sexually assaulting two young boys, ages 7 and 9.
Torres is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 175 pounds. He has tattoos on his head, face, neck, left shoulder, back, chest, abdomen, arms, hands, and legs.
Taylor is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds. He has tattoos on his chest and upper right arm, and scars on his right forearm, right knee and left leg.
The department says Taylor has been wanted since April 2020, when he absconded from his last known address in San Antonio.
In 1993, Taylor was convicted of rape in Indiana following an incident involving a 17-year-old girl. In 2012, Taylor was convicted of two counts of sexual assault after sexually assaulting a 54-year-old female.
He subsequently was given two concurrent 8-year sentences in a TDCJ prison.
Taylor is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds. He has tattoos on his chest and upper right arm, and scars on his right forearm, right knee, and left leg.
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 Texas' 10 Most Wanted fugitives or sex offenders.
In 2020, Texas Crime Stoppers says it paid $20,000 in rewards for anonymous tips that resulted in arrests.
To be eligible for the cash rewards, the department says 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.