The Ellis County Press: High risk sex offender escapes custody in Houston

High risk sex offender escapes custody in Houston
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Megan Gray on 01/24/2011 23:22:00


DPS is searching for a high risk sex offender who escaped from a Houston halfway
house earlier this evening.
At 6:15 p.m. today, 39-year-old Timothy Rosales Jr. fled the Reid Facility on
Beaumont Highway,
where he was under electronic monitoring.
Rosales is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 165 pounds.  He has brown eyes
and numerous tattoos.
Rosales,  who has family in the Denton area, should be considered armed and 
dangerous.  He was originally convicted of two aggravated sexual  assaults in
Potter County in 1987.  He is now wanted on felony civil  commitment and parole
violation charges.
Anyone with information is asked to call local police immediately.