Crime

HCSO: May starts with woman nabbed on 7 charges

The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) began May with a woman arrested on seven charges, according to an HCSO jail report.Michelle Doreen Jackson, 58, was arrested May 1, and all seven charges stem from 2025 cases in Hardin and Jefferson counties.

California man gets 50 years for local child sex crime

A California man pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child May 6 in Hardin County.Dillon Matthew Ellis, 34, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the 2022 crime.

Lumberton man arrested for child sex crime

A 35-year-old man was arrested on a child sex crime charge May 12.Anthony David Salazar of Lumberton was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, according to a Hardin County Sheriff’s Office jail report. No other information was available at press time.

GPD: Traffic stop leads to drug arrest, recovery of stolen property

May 5, City Marshal Christopher Robin reported that a man was arrested after an officer with the Groves Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a black SUV in the 5200 block of Gulfway Drive.During the investigation, officers located 11 grams of methamphetamine.

‘Significant’ sum of meth results in man’s arrest

May 5 at 3:41 p.m., Beaumont Police Department officers were conducting proactive patrol operations in the 2000 block of North 11th Street when they investigated a suspicious vehicle driven by Thomas Shoemaker, 61.Officers discovered a “significant quantity” of suspected methamphetamine.

Man gets 30 years in woman’s murder

An Orange County jury handed down a 30-year prison sentence in the murder of a mother of two.May 5, Derek Lennon Bradley, 47, was found guilty of murder in the death of Casie Lynn Graves, 38, the mother of two of Bradley’s children.Sept.

Teens arrested in Perlstein Park murder

Two teenage suspects were arrested in connection with the May 7 fatal shooting at Perlstein Park, 800 Landis Dr.According to the Beaumont Police Department, Jean Harrell, 18, was arrested, and Demarion Smith, 18, turned himself in at the county jail. Both are charged with murder.

SETX Violent Crime Task Force conducts operation

On April 30, the Southeast Texas Violent Crime Task Force conducted a targeted saturation operation in areas of Beaumont identified for increased criminal activity, according to the Beaumont Police Department.

TDCJ, part-time jailer arrested

Jasper County Sheriff Chuck Havard reported a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) employee and part-time county jailer was arrested for official oppression, which led to the termination of his employment with the county.

Felon sentenced to federal prison for gun violations

A Beaumont convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs announced.John Edwin Redeaux, 32, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison by U.S.