Two of Texas’ Most Wanted offenders are now in custody following recent arrests by law enforcement authorities, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced.
Perci Jerome Newman, 31, was apprehended on June 4 in Midlothian, Texas, by members of the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force and DPS Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Special Agents, with support from the Midlothian Police Department. Newman had been wanted since October 2023 for aggravated sexual assault of a child in Dallas County.
Newman’s criminal record includes previous arrests for aggravated robbery, possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm, driving while intoxicated, and tampering/fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair.
Louis Ray Keeton, 40, a high-risk sex offender affiliated with the Bloods gang, was apprehended on June 6 in Beaumont, Texas, by DPS Special Agents assigned to the Texas Anti-Gang (TAG) Center in Houston, working in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force. Keeton had been wanted since December 2023 in Harris County for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.
In 2018, Keeton was convicted of sexual assault following an incident involving a 19-year-old female, for which he received a five-year sentence in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison.
Both arrests were the result of coordinated efforts between multiple law enforcement agencies to locate and apprehend these individuals, ensuring their removal from the Texas 10 Most Wanted list and bringing them to justice for their respective offenses.
