crime

Man arrested for assaulting wife

A Hardin County man was arrested and charged with assault after he allegedly attacked his wife. According to Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford, Steven Jordan, 32, of Village Mills, was arrested June 24.

Silsbee man skips sex offender registry

Two days after the 22-year-old Silsbee man’s arrest June 27, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted a once-registered sex offender for failing to keep his predatory status updated when he moved to Beaumont.

PNPD: Fleeing fugitive shot and killed

Port Neches officers shot and killed a 21-year-old wanted suspect who fled from law enforcement July 5 in a stolen car before he crashed into a patrol unit, according to a report from the city’s police chief.

Gun malfunction saves BPD officers

Two Beaumont police officers survived an alleged murder attempt after a teenager’s gun malfunctioned at an apartment complex on Dowlen Road July 3. At about 6 p.m.

Name released in Orange homicide

Saturday, June 25, at about 10:30 a.m., Orange Police Department officers were dispatched to Interstate 10, just east of Highway 62, in reference to a white male with a gunshot wound. The victim was identified at the scene as 28-year-old Chase James Miller of Orange.

Fugitive killed after Beaumont sighting

After Mont Belvieu police announced a man as a suspect in the murder of his estranged wife, officers in near the Texas-Mexico border found the man dead after he was hit by a truck on Highway 77 in Harlingen.

BPD investigates Alabama Avenue homicide

At about 1 a.m. on Friday, June 24, Beaumont police responded to the 200 block of Alabama Avenue in reference to shots fired. When officers arrived, they located a gold Chevrolet Malibu parked in a vacant lot.

Duo indicted in love triangle murder

Marking two corners of an allegedly murderous, tri-county love triangle, two Southeast Texans in their 20s allegedly killed and hid the body of the man’s 16-year-old girlfriend March 26 .

Child assaults lowlights VPD arrests

Officers arrested seven people between June 12 and 18, according to a report from the Vidor Police Department (VPD), with crimes including continuous sex abuse of a child and public intoxication. VPD officers arrested Michael Bertrand, 33, for “continuous sex abuse of a young child or children.

Gunman assaults, robs Gulf gas attendant

Orange police are looking for two men who allegedly assaulted and robbed a Gulf gas station clerk at about 4 a.m. on Father’s Day. On Sunday, June 19, officers arrived at the Gulf gas station at 333 N. Lutcher Dr. in reference to a robbery.