AUSTIN, Texas — Two of Texas’ Most Wanted criminals were captured in Houston and Waco in recent weeks by Texas DPS.
Authorities arrested 40-year-old Carl James Hegert at an apartment complex in Houston on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Since October, Hegert had been wanted on a larceny warrant out of Waller County, as well as a warrant from San Jacinto County for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements.
Texas DPS says that Hegert had been convicted of numerous crimes since 2006, including theft of a firearm, sexual assault of a child, assault causing bodily injury to a family member, failure to register as a sex offender, and manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance. Hegert had been discharged from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in January 2025…