Crime

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.

Man arrested after attacking girlfriend

The Port Neches Police Department (PNPD) reported a man was arrested after attacking his girlfriend and forcing her into a vehicle before leaving an apartment complex on April 23.

BPD seeking info in fatal shooting

The Beaumont Police Department (BPD) is seeking the public’s assistance in an April 29 shooting that killed one person and injured another.At 12:29 a.m., officers were called to 3255 Elmira in reference to a shooting.

Jailer pleads guilty to inmate abuse, judgement deferred

A year after indictment, now former Jefferson County Correctional Facility Sgt. Clayton Friddle pleaded guilty and faced punishment for multiple acts of “official oppression” – kind of.