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September 5, 2010

From Staff Reports Corsicana Daily Sun The Corsicana Daily Sun Sun Sep 05, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT

Corsicana —

A former Corsicana man and convicted sex offender who fled from a Dallas halfway house and cut off the electronic monitoring device he was required to wear has been caught in south Florida.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says 33-year-old Billy Twayne Gibson was captured Friday morning at a hotel in Miami Springs. DPS says a tip led to Gibson. Gibson was allegedly driving a car reported stolen in Corsicana.

DPS on Thursday announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Gibson, who fled Aug. 28 from the Wayback House.

A warrant was issued on a charge of failure to comply with civil commitment requirements, a third-degree felony. Gibson's criminal history includes sexual assault of a child and aggravated robbery.

Gibson was on the DPS list of Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives.

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