Joseph Darwin Watson of Hamilton but reported to have Rockdale ties, was captured Aug. 18 in Stephenville.
Watson, 52, was arrested by Stephenville police.
Working off investigative information, they located and arrested Watson at an apartment complex.
He was added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender List on Aug. 4.
Watson is considered a high-risk sex offender who is required to register every three months for life.
He’s been wanted since October 2020, when a warrant was issued for his arrest in Hamilton County for failure to comply with registration requirements.
In 1994, he was convicted in Llano County of two counts of aggravated sexual assault involving a 5-year-old boy.
In 2000, he was convicted in Hamilton County of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.
He was then released from a TDCJ prison in 2005.
In 2009, Watson was convicted of sexual assault involving a 47-year-old woman in Milam County and received a 10-year sentence in a TDCJ prison.
He was discharged in 2018 and was registered as a sex offender in Hamilton.
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