One of Texas’ top 10 most wanted fugitives was arrested by the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday in Cedar Creek, Sheriff Maurice Cook announced Thursday morning.

Clifford Nelson Locklin Jr., 45, is being held in the Bastrop County jail and is facing charges for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, theft and parole violation. He is affiliated with the Aryan Circle white supremacist gang, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Locklin, whose last known address was in Bastrop, was arrested at the Dollar General along Texas 21 in Cedar Creek at around 9 p.m. without incident, the sheriff said. Cook said Locklin was driving a pickup truck reported stolen in Lee County. A female passenger was also arrested for possession of narcotics.

DPS announced on Jan. 28 that Locklin had been added to the state’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list, and Crime Stoppers was offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to his arrest. Authorities had been searching for him since September, when he absconded from his last known address at 494 Texas 71 West in Bastrop, DPS said. He has ties to other Central Texas communities, including Travis County, and has an extensive criminal history including burglary, drugs, theft, evading arrest and engaging in organized criminal activity, DPS said.

On Sept. 21, a warrant out of Gillespie County was issued for Locklin for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Then, on Oct. 17, the Austin Police Department issued a warrant for his arrest for theft, followed by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles issuing a warrant on Nov. 2 for a parole violation on a burglary of a building offense.

“My hat is off to the men and women of the sheriff’s office of Bastrop,” Cook said. "Now we know that we have one more person that’s a danger to our society off the streets.”

Locklin was considered armed and dangerous. DPS said that since the arrest was not the result of a tip received through Crime Stoppers, no reward will be paid.