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Texas Department of Public Safety News Press Releases

545 Press Releases
  • Published on April 9, 2025 - 20:08 GMT

    Northeast Texas Capital Murder Suspect Added to 10 Most Wanted List

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Rondarrius Evans to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List. Texas Crime Stoppers is now offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. All tips are guaranteed to …

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  • Published on April 9, 2025 - 16:56 GMT

    Victim Rescued Following Joint Permian Basin Human Trafficking Investigation (West Texas Region)

    MIDLAND/ODESSA – The Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division (CID), in collaboration with the Odessa Police Department (OPD) and Midland Co. Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), arrested two and rescued one victim following a human …

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  • Published on April 4, 2025 - 20:08 GMT

    Criminal Illegal Immigrant Fugitive from Most Wanted List Captured in Austin

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces another fugitive from Texas’10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List has been captured in Austin. Anderson Ronaldo Reyes Giron was arrested on Tuesday, April 2. A Crime Stoppers reward …

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  • Published on April 4, 2025 - 18:15 GMT

    Crosby Co. Sex Offender Added to 10 Most Wanted List

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Rodolfo Martinez Jr. to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders List. Texas Crime Stoppers is now offering a cash reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to his arrest.All tips are …

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  • Published on April 4, 2025 - 14:45 GMT

    DPS Steps Up Enforcement for Annual Distracted Driving Campaign

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will increase patrols beginning this weekend to ensure drivers stay focused and avoid distractions while driving. April 7 through April 14, the Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct its annual …

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  • Published on April 3, 2025 - 22:48 GMT

    DPS and TMD Release Joint Statement on Inaccurate Reports

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas Military Department (TMD) are aware of public reports that mischaracterize Beaver Island and Roma Island—two small islands along the Texas-Mexico border—as a “cartel-infested” “smuggler’s …

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  • Published on April 3, 2025 - 22:48 GMT

    DPS Advises of Possible Vehicle Emissions Testing Delays

    AUSTIN –The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is notifying drivers that they may experience a delay in obtaining an emissions inspection for vehicles registered in emissions counties due to intermittent connectivity issues.  The Texas Commission on …

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  • Published on April 3, 2025 - 16:11 GMT

    Texas Senate Confirms Commissioners Hord, Stodghill to Public Safety Commission

    AUSTIN – On Wednesday, the Texas Senate confirmed Dan Hord III and Steven H. Stodghill as members of the Public Safety Commission (PSC). These confirmations follow Hord’s appointment and Stodghill’s reappointment to the PSC by Governor Greg Abbott last …

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  • Published on April 2, 2025 - 15:56 GMT

    Joint TdA Operation Results in Over 40 Arrests in Hays Co.

    AUSTIN – For more than a year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD), the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and several other federal, state and local …

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  • Published on April 1, 2025 - 20:30 GMT

    DPS Names Iraqi Man as Featured Fugitive for April

    AUSTIN – Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant Jassim Al-Samawi is this month’s Featured Fugitive. The reward for information leading to his arrest is increased to $6,000 during April if the tip is received this month. Jassim Abdul Hussain Al- …

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  • Published on March 26, 2025 - 17:51 GMT

    Texas Rangers Identify Suspect in Laredo Mother’s Cold Case Murder

    AUSTIN – The Texas Rangers and the Laredo Police Department have identified the man believed to be responsible for the 2016 killing of 33-year-old Janette Escamilla Jaramillo, of Laredo. Almost a decade after Jaramillo’s death, a Webb Co. grand jury has …

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  • Published on March 24, 2025 - 15:13 GMT

    DPS Arrests Gang Member, Seizes 200 Pounds of Marijuana in Cameron Co. (South Texas Region)

    WESLACO – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested a confirmed gang member and seized 200 pounds of marijuana during an Operation Lone Star (OLS) traffic stop in Cameron Co. last week. On Monday, March 17, a DPS Trooper attempted to stop a …

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  • Published on March 21, 2025 - 23:22 GMT

    DPS Graduates 138 New Texas State Troopers

    AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 138 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class C-2024 during a graduation ceremony at Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin. This is the department’s 177th graduating class. …

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  • Published on March 20, 2025 - 19:28 GMT

    iWatchTexas Report Prevents Targeted School Attack

    AUSTIN – The man responsible for a series of online school shooting threats is behind bars thanks to a report submitted to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) iWatchTexas program. Stephen Patrick Furr, 29, was arrested and charged by the Federal …

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  • Published on March 18, 2025 - 19:43 GMT

    DPS Launches New iWatchTexas Feature

    AUSTIN – At the direction of Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) launched a new feature on the iWatchTexas Community Reporting System to protect the public from coercion and harassment by foreign adversaries. The new feature …

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  • Published on March 17, 2025 - 19:24 GMT

    Tip Leads to Capture of Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender in Oklahoma

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Raymond Trejo is back in custody following his recent arrest. Authorities arrested Trejo in Stilwell, Okla. on March 12. A Crime Stoppers reward will be paid …

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  • Published on March 17, 2025 - 17:57 GMT

    Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant Captured in Liberty Co.

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announces the capture of another fugitive from Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List. Rigoberto Enrique Valencia was taken into custody on Friday, March 14, in Liberty Co. A Crime …

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  • Published on March 11, 2025 - 15:53 GMT

    Converse Teen Added to Texas’ 10 Most Wanted List

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Joseph Harris to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List. Texas Crime Stoppers is now offering a cash reward of up to $3,000 for information leading to his arrest. All tips are guaranteed to be …

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  • Published on March 10, 2025 - 22:12 GMT

    DPS Seizes More Than Six Million Dollars’ Worth of Cocaine (South Texas Region)

    WESLACO – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized more than six million dollars’ worth of cocaine in Hidalgo Co. as part of Operation Lone Star.  On March 6, DPS Special Agents and Troopers responded to the Pharr Port of Entry regarding a 2019 …

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  • Published on March 7, 2025 - 23:01 GMT

    DPS Increases Enforcement for Spring Break, St. Patrick’s Day

    AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will increase patrols on roads beginning this weekend to ensure motorists drive responsibly this spring break and St. Patrick’s Day. March 8 through March 17, the Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct …

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