The Texas Department of Public Safety added a “violent child predator” from Dallas to the state’s top-10 most wanted sex offenders.
Martin Deanda, 43, joined the state’s “10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders” list, Texas DPS announced July 2. He has been wanted in Dallas County since January for failing to comply with registration requirements.
“Deanda’s rap sheet also includes indecency with a child by sexual contact, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, battery resulting in bodily injury, unlawful carrying of a weapon and evading arrest/detention,” the release reads.
Texas Crime Stoppers is offering $3,000 for information leading to Deanda’s arrest. He is from Dallas but has ties to Anderson County, specifically to Palestine in East Texas.
Martin Deanda, North Texas Child Predator, Most Wanted List/ DPS News
He also goes by names including Martin De Anda Sanchez. Deanda is Hispanic, wears glasses, stands 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighs 190 lbs, according to his most wanted listing. He has tattoos on his chest and both arms, as well as a scar on his right leg.
The Palestine Police Department arrested Deanda for “indecency” with a child in January 2006, according to jail records.
In 2011, Palestine police arrested him again for an aggravated robbery that took place in 2009. Deanda was convicted in 2012 on three counts of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 10 years of confinement for each offense.
In 2021, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office booked Deanda for “continuous” sex abuse of a child younger than 14. He was held on a $500,000 bond. In January 2023, he was convicted in the county for “aggravated sexual assault of a child.”
Deanda is listed as “absconded” in the state sex offender registry, and his victim’s sex is listed as “unknown.”
Texas DPS and other agencies have arrested 35 suspects on the most wanted fugitives, sex offenders, and criminal illegal aliens lists, according to the release. This includes 12 sex offenders and nine criminal illegals.
The agency is seeking numerous “10 Most Wanted” fugitives with ties to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as The Dallas Express previously reported.
For cash rewards, anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477, send a tip on the Texas DPS website, or send a tip on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Facebook page.