Crime

Donald Ray Taylor sentenced to 50 years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

Criminal District Attorney Keith Giblin announced that Donald Ray Taylor, 36, was found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to fifty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by a jury in the Jefferson County Drug Impact Court, June...

LPD report six felony arrests

There were six people arrested on felony charges recently, according to the Lumberton Police Department.June 1, Payton Benjamin Davis-Gentry, 23, was arrested on two counts of deadly conduct (discharging firearm), a third-degree felony.

OPD: Two arrested in fatal shooting

The Orange Police Department (OPD) reported two suspects have been arrested in the May 26 fatal shooting of an elderly man.OPD detectives obtained two arrest warrants for murder and the pair were arrested, May 29.

Woman sentenced for trafficking fentanyl

On May 13, a local woman was sentenced to federal prison for possessing fentanyl for distribution in the Eastern District of Texas, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr.

Two sentenced to federal prison for firearms violation

On May 27, two people were sentenced for illegally possessing a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr.John Marion LeBlanc, 45, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 162 months in federal prison by U.S.

Delivery driver arrested for sexual assault

On May 27, the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) reported Aaron Middleton, 28, was arrested for sexual assault at Jefferson County Corrections Facility.Officers responded to the 2200 block of North Street in reference to a sexual assault., at around 10:28 a.m., according to BPD.

BPD seeking public's help in fatal accident

The Beaumont Police Department (BPD) is seeking the public's help in a fatal hit-and-run crash on May 24. At 5:52 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Avenue C in response to an accident involving a bicyclist.