Man Flees to Gladewater, Gets Life in Prison for Failure to Register as Sex Offender

Man flees to Gladewater, gets life in prison for failure to register as sex offender

UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas (KETK) -- A jury found a 56-year-old man guilty of failure to register as sex offender and sentenced him to life in prison on Wednesday as a habitual offender on account of his prior convictions. Passenger dead, drunk driver arrested after truck flips in Bullard, affidavit reveals Mugshot of Ronald Wayne Stivers, courtesy of Upshur County District Attorney's Office In 2023, Ronald Wayne Stivers of Illinois was a regis…

Man sentenced to life in prison after fleeing sex offender registry in East Texas, lying about identity

Ronald Wayne Stivers, 56, originally of Illinois, was tried by a jury and found guilty on June 11 for failure to register as a sex offender-habitual offender.

Habitual Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison in Upshur County

On June 11, 2025, an Upshur County jury sentenced 56-year-old Ronald Wayne Stivers, originally from Illinois, to Life imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Stivers was found guilty of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender-Habitual Offender. Given Stiversand#39; extensive criminal history of seven prior felony convictions, the State of Texas enhanced the range of punishment to 25 years to Life. Th…