Port Arthur Police Department

Stolen car spray-painter charged

A Jefferson County grand jury charged a transient 34-year-old man with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after officers noticed a spray-painted Honda Civic traveling the wrong way on 4th Avenue in Port Arthur. According to a probable cause affidavit released Jan.

PAPD apprehends PCP-puffing passenger

After stopping to help a motorist driving a slowly-moving car with its hazard lights on, two Port Arthur Police Department (PAPD) officers arrested an alleged PCP-puffing passenger, according to a probable cause affidavit released Jan. 11.

Police seeking driver of hit-and-run accident

According to PAPD, on Jan. 5 at approximately 7:39 p.m., a 28-year-old white male on a bicycle was reportedly struck by a vehicle in the 3100 block of 39th Street (westbound). The driver of the vehicle left the scene. The victim suffered “significant,” but non-life-threatening, injuries.

Man brings gun to HHS office

July 26, at approximately 1:16 a.m., officers from the Port Arthur Police Department were dispatched to 4200 Jimmy Johnson Blvd., the Texas Health and Human Services Offices, in reference to a man with a gun who had pointed the gun at a person.

Couple sought in connection to child abuse

The Port Arthur Police Department is asking for help in locating two individuals wanted for several counts of injury to a child: Dylan Wiggins, 27, and girlfriend, Krystal Kirbow, 37. According to PAPD, the pair has 13 outstanding warrants for felony injury to a child.

Accused murderer treated for bullet wound

According to a probable cause affidavit alleging 21-year-old Stephen Raivon Angelle of Port Arthur killed a man just days before Christmas 2021, it was a gunshot wound to the suspect’s foot that led police to his side. Angelle was indicted for the late 2021 murder charge Jan. 19.

PAPD investigating passenger's fall from vehicle

Just before 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, Port Arthur Police Department (PAPD) officers responded to the 2200 Block of Robinhood Drive in reference to a woman falling from a vehicle. According to a news release, officers learned that a woman had fallen from a vehicle and sustained serious injuries.

PAPD investigating Dryden Road sexual assault

Just after 4 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, Port Arthur Police Department (PAPD) officers responded to a call in reference to a sexual assault in the 4500 block of Dryden Road, according to a news release.

Port Arthur police investigate murder

On May 27 at approximately 8:44 p.m., Port Arthur Police responded to Avery Trace Apartments located at 4140 Highway 365, in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a male subject who had sustained several gunshot wounds.

100 pounds of fake weed seized in Port Arthur raid

The Port Arthur Police Department’s Narcotics and Guns Unit, accompanied by SWAT, executed a search warrant Jan. 21 in the 3200 block of 9th Street for the possession of synthetic marijuana. Approximately 100 pounds of the synthetic drug was seized, along with a firearm.