$7,500 Reward Offered for Most Wanted Fugitive from Hidalgo County

 

According to a press release today, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Rogelio Garcia Jr., 39, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a cash reward up to $7,500 is now being offered for information leading to his capture. Garcia, who is a Latin Kings gang member and registered sex offender, is wanted for parole violation.

Garcia has ties to Hidalgo County, including the cities of Mission and Alton. In 1998, Garcia was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl in South Dakota and served time in prison. In 2008, Garcia was convicted on multiple counts of burglary of a habitation in Hidalgo County. Garcia was paroled in February 2015; and in March 2015, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a warrant for Garcia’s arrest for parole violation. 
 
His criminal history also includes failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements and impersonation to deceive law enforcement. For more information or updates in the event of his arrest, see his wanted bulletin at:http://www.dps.texas.gov/Texas10MostWanted/fugitiveDetails.aspx?id=318.
 
Garcia is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs approximately 130 pounds. He has a tattoo of a teardrop on his upper left cheek near his eye, and other tattoos on his back, chest, left leg and arms. Garcia may also be known as “Roy.”
 
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.
 
To be eligible for the cash rewards, there are five different ways to provide anonymous tips: 
All tips are anonymous – regardless of how they are submitted.
 
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/.
 

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