Texas DPS Add Bandidos Gang Member to Top 10 Most Wanted List

 

AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Briggs Clinton Lawhon, 57, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List. A cash reward up to $7,500 is being offered for information leading to his capture.

Lowhon is affiliated with the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, and is wanted for parole violation and theft.

Lawhon has been wanted since Dec. of 2015. His criminal history includes aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, assault, burglary of a habituation and delivery of methamphetamine, according to a DPS press release

Lawhon's last known address is the city of Palestine in Anderson County. He also has ties to Pleasanton and Victoria, and may also frequent the San Antonio area.

For more information or updates in the event of his arrest go to Lowhon’s bulletin at: http://www.dps.texas.gov/Texas10MostWanted/fugitiveDetails.aspx?id=369.

Lawhon is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 160 pounds. He has "Bandidos" tattooed on his right wrist; a tattoo of the "1%" diamond on his left forearm; and other tattoos on his back, arms, feet, wrists, left leg and left hand. Lawhon may wear glasses, and may be known by the nickname of "Skip."

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 $35,500 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 five following methods:

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 at http://www.dps.texas.gov/texas10mostwanted/.

The Texas DPS urge people to never attempt apprehending these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.  

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