San Antonio gang member on Texas’ Most Wanted list captured in Irving

The Texas Department of Public Safety has arrested a San Antonio man who was on its 10 Most Wanted List, the department said Tuesday.

Tyrell Ezeekiel Darden, 20, was arrested Thursday in Irving and charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Darden, who is a known gang member, has been wanted since early March after officials in Tarrant and Denton issued warrants for his arrest stemming from an aggravated robbery, DPS said. Bexar County also issued a warrant for his arrest for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in June.

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Officials did not elaborate on the incidents Darden was wanted for.

Texas DPS troopers received information from the U.S. Marshals Lone Start Fugitive Task Force in San Antonio, which located Darden at an apartment complex in Irving, near Dallas.

Darden marks the 10th offender and ninth gang member arrested this year from the Texas Most Wanted Fugitives and Sex Offenders list.

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