These offenders are required by law to live at the address shown under their photos.  If you have knowledge an offender is not abiding by this requirement, you should pass that information to the Galveston County Sheriff's Office.

1-866-248-8477

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Sexual Assault, Aggravated Sexual Assault, Rape Charges in Texas

Sexual Assault--also known as rape--is a second degree felony that can bring a penalty of 20 years in prison.
Sexual assault is intentionally or knowingly penetrating the anus, sexual organ, or mouth of another person,
without that person's consent. The victim is said not to have consented to the sex act if the sexual assault is
committed under one of the following circumstances:

• The victim is unable to consent or to resist because of a mental disease or defect
• The victim is physically unable to resist, unconscious, impaired by ingestion of a substance forced on the
victim by the defendant, or unaware that the assault is occurring
• The assailant uses force, violence, or a threat of force or violence against the victim or against another person
• The defendant is a government official or employee who coerces the victim to submit or participate
• If the victim is a child under the age of 17, the law presumes the child cannot consent, so any penetration
of the child's anus, mouth, or female sexual organ, or causing the anus, mouth, or sexual organ of a child to contact
that of another person, is sexual assault. However, if the child is 14 years of age or older and the defendant
is no more than three years older than the "victim", then there is no crime as long as the act was not forced,
violent, no drugs were involved and was with out threat of harm.

There is no exception in Texas Law because of Marital Status.

Aggravated Sexual Assault is first degree felony. That means that you or a loved one could be facing life in prison.
Aggravated Sexual Assault is charged when a sexual assault involves one or more of the following circumstances:

• If the defendant causes or threatens kidnapping or serious bodily injury,
• threatens death or tries to kill the victim,
• sexually assaults a child under the age of 14,
• uses a deadly weapon,
• the victim is elderly or disabled
• the accused administers or provides flunitrazepam, otherwise known as rohypnol, gamma hydroxybutyrate,
or ketamine with the intent to facilitate the act.

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