Crime

Dropped blunt leads police to over 1,000 grams of cocaine

Pinehurst resident Pete M. Hernandez, 40, was indicted on Oct. 4 by a Jefferson County Grand Jury for possession of a controlled substance greater than 400 grams, a first-degree felony. According to the probable cause affida- vit for Hernandez’s arrest, Jefferson County Sheriff Deputy C.

Arrests multiply after North End gas station assault

Beaumont Police Department (BPD) officers responding to the SNS Grocery/Shell Station at 3145 Concord in reference subjects fighting on Oct. 1 couldn’t make it to the scene before dispatch further advised that the “fight” was of a most serious nature. The time was just before 3:30 a.m.

Student arrested for school violence threats

The Newton County Sheriff’s Office reported a high school student was arrested after making threats against the school. Julian Alejandro Garcia, 17, allegedly made comments while he was in Deweyville High School at about 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28.

Autopsy results returned in woman’s death

An autopsy has revealed that an Orange County woman was strangled to death, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO). Capt. Joey Jacobs reported autopsy results for Orange resident Casie Lynn Graves, a 38-year-old mother of four children, who was found dead Sept. 16.

Ex-boxer sentenced for aggravated assault

A former boxer that reportedly assaulted a Port Arthur woman by shooting her in the face was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Sept. 18 in front of Jefferson County 252nd District Court Judge Raquel West.

Fugitive in child SETX sex crime arrested in Mexico

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported a fugitive was taken into custody and returned to Texas for an alleged child sex crime from 2005, according to a press release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Sept.

Intoxicated driver sentenced for wreck that claimed the lives of three

Eriana Washington, 14, Danny Nichols Jr.

Second man arrested in two-year-old murder

More than two years later, a second man has been arrested in the 2021 murder of Tyler Womack. The Beaumont Police Department (BPD) reported on Sept. 14 that officers arrested Terry Jerome Booker Jr.

Counterfeit passer indicted

Houston’s Kalen James Harden, 24, was indicted on Sept. 13 on a third-degree felony charge of forgery after attempting to pass counterfeit money at Dollar General, 726 Magnolia St. in Port Neches, on July 2.

Southeast Texas men guilty of child pornography

Two men have been convicted of child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Sept. 12, Dereck Wayne Winstead, 34, of Bridge City, was found guilty of possession of child pornography following a trial before U.S. District Judge Marcia A.