Jason McKnight

McKnight earns 27 years in prison for fleeing fatal crash

More than 20 years of committing crimes in Southeast Texas coalesced Aug. 12 into nearly three decades behind bars for a local convicted con artist – a 55-year-old business owner who most recently earned 27 and a half years in prison for fleeing the scene of a fatal accident he caused in Beaumont’s...

Climbing COVID cases close courthouse to jury trials, but wheels of justice still turn

Make no mistake, the absence of jury trials at the Jefferson County Courthouse poses a real problem to defendants seeking speedy access to their day in court, attorneys argued via Zoom the week of Jan. 24.

Bicyclist dies from hit-and-run injuries

Southeast Texas businessman, Amazing Roofing and Siding proprietor Jason McKnight, was still being held behind bars at the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on April 8 when the bicyclist he allegedly struck and left in the middle of a West End Beaumont street succumbed to his injuries at the...