KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A wanted sex offender was arrested by Border Patrol agents as he tried to enter Texas from Mexico.

Stephen P. McElhinney, 62, was wanted on a Kansas parole violation warrant and a Wyandotte County warrant, both for failure to register as a sex offender.

McElhinney is 6 feet tall and 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo on his right forearm.

Police said McElhinney has also used the alias Stephen McTavish.