AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety increased the reward for one of Texas’ most wanted sex offender to $10,000.

Dakota Marcus Stewart, 26, is considered a high-risk sex offender and is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender.

Stewart is 6 feet tall and weighs approximately 175 pounds. He has a tattoo on his left wrist and scars on his left hand, back, and face.

DPS says he was ties to Tarrant County, including the cities of Mansfield, Fort Worth, and Arlington

In 2009, Stewart was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by exposure after incidents in Tarrant County involving two young girls. He was sentenced to 5 years in TDCJ prison. On Aug. 2 the Mansfield Police Department issued two warrants for Stewart’s arrest for failure to register as a sex offender.