Cops catch $94K deadbeat dad

Today's helpful hint from Houstonist: If you owe tens of thousands of dollars in back child support, you might want to make sure you don't end up on TV. Jesus Silva found out the hard way — he was arrested yesterday for failing to pay child support less than 24 hours after being listed as one of the state's top child support evaders.

Officials said someone saw Silva on TV and called the state's child support evader hotline, which led to Silva's arrest in Pasadena. When Silva and his wife divorced in 1994, he was ordered to pay $480 a month to support his three kids; he now owes a whopping $94,880 in back payments. Silva's bill is big, but it's not the biggest: Troy Neel, a professional baseball player who is living somewhere overseas, owes $526,164 for the support of two children.

Anyone with information on child support evaders should call 1.800.EVADERS or e-mail the state attorney general's office at evaders@oag.state.tx.us.