TX DPS Increase Reward for Wanted Sex Offender

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has increased the reward to $8,000 for a wanted sex offender.

Manuel Raul Maese, 62, is a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender and the month of June’s featured fugitive. DPS says he is a high-risk sex offender wanted for indecent exposure and failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Maese has ties to El Paso and an extensive criminal history in El Paso county, including a convection for indecency with a a child and six convictions for indecent exposure.

Maese is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs approximately 210 pounds. Maese has an extensive history of working as a commercial truck driver. He has used the alias of Manuel Montalvo in the past and may be known as “Manny.”

If you have any information on Maese you care asked to call the Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).