The manhunt intensifies in Bexar County as law enforcement officials seek public assistance in tracking down a fugitive who has shed his court-mandated shackle to the digital world, an ankle monitor designed to keep tabs on him - 35-year-old Richard Lopez is his name, evasion his most recent game. Having amassed nearly a decade's worth of allegations including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted sexual assault, Lopez has escalated his defiance of the law by cutting off his ankle monitor, according to KENS 5 News.

In an elaborate chess match between Lopez and the authorities, the suspect is battling to stay several moves ahead, officials have let it be known that he may be using aliases to obscure his trail, his past violent crimes some committed against those who once shared his table breaking the very notion of familial sanctuary; the Sheriff's office has so far kept under wraps the specifics regarding these possible pseudonyms - a silence echoing the very elusiveness of Lopez, as KTSA reported.

While the exact location of Lopez's departure into the shadows remains unknown, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office remains resolute, calling upon the eyes and ears of the community to assist in this fugitive's capture, the digital poster of a man once monitored now replaced with the plea for the public's vigilance, the Sheriff's office affirming that informants can maintain anonymity when delivering potential leads at (210) 335-6000. A Facebook post from the Sheriff's Office implies that new information underpinning some of the allegations against Lopez has recently come to light, though the nature of this information remains undisclosed, punctuating the urgency of the situation.