local crime

"My Buddy" couple sentenced to prison

Nov. 28, the couple behind “My Buddy Loans” out of Cleveland was sentenced to prison terms for wire fraud connected to the entrepreneurs’ claims for COVID relief. Clifton Pape, 47, and Sally Jung, 59, each pleaded guilty on May 6.

K-9 corners suspected capers

Beaumont Police Department (BPD) officers nabbed three men after responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle near the business. According to BPD, officers responded to the area of 1655 Louisiana (Dragon Industries) at 1:11 a.m. Nov. 26.

Student certified as adult after campus assault

Following a bloody assault in a boys restroom at Beaumont ISD’s West Brook High School, the 16-year-old alleged assailant has been certified as an adult to stand trial for the violent felony offense.

Woman arrested for child sex abuse

Investigation into a rash of burglaries in south Hardin County help lead the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office into arresting a 22-year-old woman for child sex abuse. Elania Elizabeth Myers, of Lumberton, was arrested Nov.

Sex offender indicted for another offense

Beaumont’s David Allen Tovar, 40, was again indicted for allegations of sexually assaulting a pre-teen girl, according to the true bills handed up by a Jefferson County grand jury on Nov. 30.

Juvenile suspects run from deadly crash

A 13-year-old female died in an early morning crash on Nov. 20, the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) reported. Four juveniles that were in the vehicle with the teen, Beaumont ISD middle school student Theresa Franklin, have all now been identified after fleeing the scene.

Felon arrested for assaulting teens

A Silsbee Police Department officer was in the “right place at the right time” after a pair of teenagers was attacked in a restaurant parking lot on Nov. 18, according to the department chief.

Alleged rapist, fraudster ' guilty of trusting a one-legged Marine'

In reference to allegations of an attempted $115,000 rental-assistance ruse, a 49-year-old Beaumont man accused of being a manipulative “slum lord” – who’s currently facing sexual assault, domestic violence and indecency with a child charges – told a judge Nov.

A decade later: BISD con-tractor could begin jail sentence Nov. 11

Convicted conman and former BISD contractor Calvin Walker could start spending his weekends in jail Nov. 11 should his attorneys fail in their efforts to convince a local judge that his case is still being appealed. In a Nov.

Man arrested for running illegal game room

A Beaumont man has been arrested and is accused of running an illegal game room in Polk County, according to PolkCountyToday.com. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Sujit Baba Chalamalasetty, 29, on Nov. 7.