The Texas Department of Transportation (Texas DPS) says they have arrested one of their top-10 fugitives who was wanted on parole violations.
Texas DPS arrested 25-year-old Cameron William Bishop on July 14 at an apartment complex in Commerce with the help of the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, Collin County District Attorney’s Office, Grayson County District Attorney’s Office and Commerce Police Department.
Bishop had been wanted since October 2021, when the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a warrant for his arrest for a parole violation. In January 2022, the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office also issued a warrant for Bishop’s arrest for assault causing bodily injury.
According to Texas DPS, in 2019, Bishop was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and received three, three-year sentences.
In 2020, he was convicted of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place and sentenced to two years’ confinement. Bishop was released on parole in August 2021. In September 2021, he was arrested in Hunt County and subsequently bonded out. For more information, view his captured bulletin.
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 Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Fugitives or Sex Offenders. So far in 2022, DPS and other agencies have arrested 41 Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives and Sex Offenders, including 16 gang members and 22 sex offenders. In addition, $67,000 in rewards has been paid for tips that yielded arrests.
A cash reward will be paid out for the arrest of Bishop.
To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters — which are guaranteed to remain anonymous — must provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods:
- Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
- Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about then clicking on the link under their picture.
- Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the “About” section).