By James Clark - email
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - A convicted sex offender is considered armed and dangerous, and authorities say he might pass through West Texas on his way to Amarillo.
The Department of Public Safety says Timothy Rosales III, 39, escaped from a Houston halfway house last week. DPS says he has family in both Denton and Amarillo.
DPS says he also has two aggravated sexual assault convictions in Potter County in 1987. DPS is offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to his capture.
Rosales is described as 5' 7" and weighing about 165 pounds. He has brown eyes and a shaved head. You can leave anonymous information by calling 1-800-252-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters DPS—followed by your information to 274637, or going online to the DPS website
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