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AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>Three fugitives who were on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list were arrested in three separate operations throughout the state.<\/p>

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The arrests involve local agencies from Hidalgo, Plano and Houston, as well as state and federal law enforcement agencies, according to DPS officials.\u00a0<\/p>

3 Texas Most Wanted Sex Offenders Captured<\/h2>
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Local perspective:<\/p>

53-year-old Leroy Lewis Jr. was arrested June 22 at a residence in south Houston.\u00a0<\/p>

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Leroy Lewis Jr.<\/span> (Texas DPS)<\/strong><\/span><\/p> <\/div><\/div>

DPS special agents assigned to the Texas Anti-Gang Center worked with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston Police Department and the Texas attorney general’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit to locate and arrest him.<\/p>

Lewis had been wanted since March on a Harris County warrant charging him with failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.<\/p>

According to DPS, Lewis was convicted in the 1990s of murder, aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping. Authorities said the kidnapping involved a 20-year-old woman whom Lewis intended to sexually abuse. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison, paroled in 2012 and required to register as a sex offender.<\/p>

Tip leads to capture of Plano fugitive<\/h2>

Dig deeper:<\/p>

64-year-old Kenneth Wayne Patterson was arrested on June 24 at a Plano apartment complex after investigators followed up on a tip.\u00a0<\/p>

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Kenneth Wayne Patterson<\/span> (Texas DPS)<\/strong><\/span><\/p> <\/div><\/div>

DPS special agents, Plano police officers and members of the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force made the arrest. Patterson had been wanted since December 2025 on a Dallas County warrant alleging failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.<\/p>

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Patterson was convicted in Dallas County in 1989 of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl and sentenced to eight years in prison, according to DPS. Authorities said he has a history of failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements.<\/p>

Hidalgo border arrest<\/h2>

What’s next:<\/p>

32-year-old Eduardo Quinones Fuentes was arrested on June 22 at the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge, after U.S. authorities took him into custody upon his return from Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>

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Eduardo Quinones Fuentes<\/span> (Texas DPS)<\/strong><\/span><\/p> <\/div><\/div>

DPS identified Fuentes as a documented Tango Valluco gang member who had absconded to Mexico. Fuentes had been wanted since October 2025 on parole violation and obstruction warrants. A Hidalgo County warrant charging him with failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements was issued in November 2025.<\/p>

Since 2016, Fuentes has been convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, sexual assault, assault, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and human smuggling, according to DPS.<\/p>

Rewards and 2026 Arrest Stats<\/h2>

What they’re saying:<\/p>

DPS said 44 fugitives on its 10 Most Wanted lists have been arrested so far this year, including 32 sex offenders and eight documented gang members. The agency said $61,500 in Crime Stoppers rewards has been paid in connection with those arrests.<\/p>

Texas Crime Stoppers offers rewards for information leading to the arrest of fugitives on the state’s 10 Most Wanted lists.<\/p>

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