Texas DPS Offers $2,000 Reward for Sex Offender Who Fled Fort Worth Facility

AUSTIN – The Texas of Department of Public Safety (DPS) added Brent Allen Jozefkowicz, 48, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, and is offering an award up to $2,000 for information leading to his capture. This sexually violent predator removed his ankle monitor on Tuesday and fled from a Fort Worth halfway house. He is now wanted for felon failure to comply with civil commitment requirements and is considered a high risk to reoffend.

All tips provided about Jozefkowicz are guaranteed to be anonymous.

Jozefkowicz is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs approximately 190 pounds. He has tattoos on his right shoulder and both thighs. He also has scars on his right wrist and left hand.

The suspect has ties to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Cotton County, Oklahoma. His criminal history includes indecency with a child by sexual contact and sexual assault. In 2008, Jozefkowicz was required to participate in the civil commitment program. For more information or updates in the event of his arrest, please view his wanted bulletin by clicking here.

Information from Texas Crime Stoppers

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:

• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
• Text the letters DPS – followed by your tip – to 274637 (CRIMES) from your cell phone.
• 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 at http://www.facebook.com/texas10mostwanted by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the “About” section).
• Submit a tip through the DPS Mobile App. The app is currently available for iPhone users on the Apple App Store: (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-dps/id902092368?mt=8) and for Android users on Google Play: (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microassist.texasdps&hl=en).

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/.

Do not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.