Reward Offered For Sex Offender With North Texas Ties

DALLAS (KRLD) -- The Texas Department of Public Safety is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a 24-year-old listed on the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list.

Jefferey Phillip Paige has ties to the Granbury, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio areas.

"Mr. Paige been known to work in the restaurant industry," said Lonny Haschel with the Texas Highway Patrol. "His criminal history includes aggravated sexual assault of a child and burglary. He is a dangerous sex offender."

Paige is 6-foot-tall and weighs around 150 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes with scars on his head and right leg.

If you have information, you're urged to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

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