According to the Lamar County Sheriff Department, Ernest Leroy Smith, a Sexually Violent Predator, was captured and taken into custody on September 6, 2015, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Smith was added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives Program on August 27, 2015, after he violated his civil commitment requirements by knowingly and intentionally cutting off his ankle monitor and absconding from the Southeast Texas Transitional Center located in Houston, Texas.
His criminal history includes aggravated sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child and escape. In 1997, Smith was sentenced to 20 years for the aggravated sexual assault of a 5-year-old boy in Lamar County.