OPD searching for sex offender

A fugitive is wanted by the Odessa Police Department for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

The sex offender, 40-year-old Raul Gonzalez Jr., has three active warrants, two of which are felony warrants for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements, a third-degree felony, an OPD news release stated.

Gonzalez is around 5 feet and 7 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, the release detailed.

The Texas Sex Offender Registry shows Gonzalez was convicted of sexual assault of a child in 1999.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Gonzalez to call the OPD at 432-333-3641 or Odessa Crime Stoppers at 432-333-TIPS.