Texas DPS offers up to $5,000 reward for tips on Dallas-area robbery suspect

The Texas Department of Public Safety has added Christopher Ricardo Gonzalez, 18, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a cash reward up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to his capture.

Gonzalez, affiliated with the Bloods gang, is wanted in aggravated robbery and for allegedly engaging in organized crime. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

Gonzalez primarily has ties to the south Dallas area. Gonzalez, along with a group of suspects, was allegedly involved in a number of aggravated robbery home invasions that occurred in the Dallas metroplex from October 2016 through February of this year. His alleged criminal history also includes unlawful carrying of a weapon, terroristic threats and evading arrest.

Gonzalez is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 170 pounds. He may also be known by the nickname of “Little Chris.”

Texas Crime Stoppers, which is funded by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division, offers cash rewards to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest of one of the Texas 10 Most Wanted fugitives or sex offenders.

So far in 2017, Texas Crime Stoppers has paid $48,000 in total rewards for anonymous tips that resulted in arrests.

To be eligible for the cash rewards, tipsters must provide information to authorities using one of these five methods:

Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).

Text the letters “DPS”—followed by your tip—to 274637 (CRIMES) from your cell phone.

Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about and then clicking on the link under their picture.

Submit a Facebook tip at http://www.facebook.com/texas10mostwanted by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the “About” section).

Submit a tip through the

DPS Mobile App.

The app is currently available for iPhone users on the Apple App Store.

All tips are anonymous regardless of how they are submitted, and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name.

DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive and Sex Offender lists.

You can find the current lists— with photos—on the DPS website at http://www.dps.texas.gov/ texas10mostwanted/.

Do not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.