Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Arrested

Law enforcement officials have arrested Billy Don Urango, 27, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, Feb. 26 in Wichita, Kansas. Urango was wanted for parole violation and failure to register as a sex offender, Texas' Department of Public Safety (DPS) said in a news release. The arrest was a result of a Crime Stoppers tip that will provide a $5,000 reward.

Urango had been wanted since June 2017 after he absconded from Dallas, DPS said.

"His criminal history includes a 2010 conviction of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child-sexual contact after an incident in Grayson County involving an 11-year-old boy," DPS said.

In 2018, Texas Crime Stoppers paid $31,500 in total rewards for anonymous tips that resulted in arrests.

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, 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.