HOUSTON, Texas — Carl James Hegert, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was apprehended in Houston on February 18, 2026.
Hegert, a 40-year-old Pacific Islander male, was captured by DPS Special Agents, DPS Troopers from the Texas Anti-Gang (TAG) – Violent Crimes Unit, and the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force at an apartment complex, according to a press release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Since 2006, Hegert has been convicted of multiple offenses, including theft of a firearm, sexual assault of a child, and failure to register as a sex offender. He was released from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in January 2025…