Crime

Louisiana man guilty of Vidor carjacking

A New Orleans, Louisiana, man pleaded guilty to a Vidor carjacking before U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone on July 14. Aubrey Young, 36, pleaded guilty to information presented in court that stat- ed, on Oct.

Identity sought for man found at Houston gas station

Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center is seeking urgent help locating the family of a male patient admitted the week of July 14. The patient is described as “Hispanic, in his late 60s with black and gray hair.

Self-proclaimed ‘God’ arrested

A man who identi- fied himself as “God” was arrested July 10 by West Orange Police officers for trespassing at WalMart, according to KOGT.com.

Parents indicted for ‘botched’ job after shootout

Nearly two years after a shootout in a Nederland home shared by parents Cole and Whitney Beck, the former reality TV stars have been indicted on felony child endangerment charges for allegedly letting loose a barrage of bullets without regard for the safety of their 9-year-old child also at the...

Death penalty off table for alleged Beaumont murderer

One of two men indicted for capital murder in a 2023 home invasion robbery that left two men dead has learned that he will not be facing the death penalty should he be found guilty of the crime. Paul Edward Westbrooks Jr.

Long after outcry, alleged child predators indicted

More than four years have passed since the alleged 8-year-old victim of Juan Pagoada, 21, of Port Arthur, made an outcry of sexual assault.

Shooting suspects indicted on 21 felony charges

June 15, a Jasper County grand jury indicted six alleged post-prom mass shooting suspects on 21 felony charges, reported KJAS.

Caught on camera, coined by tipsters, captured by BPD

It didn’t take long for the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) to finger – and cuff – two women who allegedly walked into Cindie’s on Eastex Freeway and stole 12 sets of lingerie valued at more than $400 on June 24.

Two men, four guns

A traffic stop in the 7700 block of Helbig Road resulted in a police chase and the arrest of two, resulting in the discovery of four handguns on June 29, according to the Beaumont Police Department (BPD).

Scholar, friend, daughter unseen for months

“I am never ever going to stop until I find her,” Rosa Calhoun tells anyone willing to help in her increasingly desperate search to find daughter, Margaret “Kay-Alana” Turner, who was last seen March 10 near the 18000 block of Country Hills Drive in Tomball.