AUSTIN – Three of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders are back in custody following their recent arrests. Authorities captured Andrew Lopez in San Antonio, Albert Merell, Jr. in Corpus Christi and Kerry Armstrong in Erath Co. earlier this month. A Texas Crime Stoppers will be paid for the arrest of Albert Merell Jr.
Andrew Anthony Lopez, 36, a documented Tango Orejon gang member, was taken into custody in San Antonio on May 6. Working off investigative information, members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, including Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Special Agents, Bexar Co. Sheriff’s Office, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Texas Board of Criminal Justice – Office of Inspector General (TBCJ-OIG) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), located and arrested Lopez at an apartment complex. Lopez had been wanted since February 2026, after a warrant for his arrest was issued out of Bexar Co. for not complying with sex offender registration requirements.
In 2007, Lopez was arrested for burglary and convicted. In 2013, Lopez was convicted in Bexar Co. for aggravated sexual assault of a child following an incident with a 7-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 10 years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison. More information about Lopez or updates in the event of his arrest can be found here…