Crime

Former BPD officer arrested

A former Beaumont police officer has been arrested in Jasper County on a charge of felony assault family violence by impeding breath.

Suspect surrenders after standoff

A suspect surrendered June 9 after deputies attempted to serve a felony warrant and he ran into a home with a firearm, according to Hardin County Sheriff Mark Davis.

Romantic relationship ends with gunshot to victim’s head

A Beaumont man is being held on a $1 million bond after allegedly shooting his girlfriend in the head. The victim later died at a local hospital.

Party bus murderer sentenced

Jaren Battles, arrested in 2023 at 18 years old, was in Jefferson County’s Criminal District Court this past week defending a murder charge dating back to his Beaumont arrest.

Jefferson County felon charged with federal firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas

Jared Cole Stephenson, 41, of Beaumont, was indicted by a federal grand jury last week and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Stephenson appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine L. Stetson on June 8, 2026.

Men arrested for child sex crimes

Two men have been arrested and charged in child sex crime cases, according to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) jail report.

PAISD teacher, coach killed in Houston

May 26, Marlon Sanders, a music teacher and coach at Port Arthur ISD’s Adams Elementary School and Memorial High School, was shot and killed in northeast Harris County on May 25, according to media reports.The fatal shooting occurred during a child custody exchange.

Men sentenced in child sex assault, murder

May 28, Taylor Dixon McCord, 64, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 10 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.Because the victim is younger than 10, McCord is not eligible for parole.On Feb.

Three plead guilty in separate Homeland Security Task Force drug trafficking investigations

Three individuals from Southeast Texas and Louisiana have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking offenses following separate investigations conducted by a Homeland Security Task Force in the Eastern District of Texas, according to U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Pair arrested for burglary

May 30, Roderick Hardin, 48, and James Martin Jr., 43, both of Beaumont, were arrested and charged with burglary of a habitation.At 1:25 a.m., Beaumont Police Department (BPD) officers responded to the 500 block of Elgie Street in reference to a burglary in progress.