Most wanted Texas man found and arrested in San Antonio, DPS says

SAN ANTONIO – Longtime convicted sex offender, Andrew Anthony Lopez, hid from law enforcement for months and was found in the Alamo City on May 6 by a half-dozen authorities, according to Texas Department of Homeland Security.

Lopez, 36, was arrested by a multitude of special agencies, including U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, at a San Antonio apartment for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements, a Texas DPS news release said.

Lopez, a documented Tango Orejon gang member, was one of Texas’ most wanted criminals since February, Texas DPS said. He was charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and was convicted in 2013.

He was sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison in Huntsville for 10 years.

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