hit and run

BPD seeking public's help in fatal accident

The Beaumont Police Department (BPD) is seeking the public's help in a fatal hit-and-run crash on May 24. At 5:52 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Avenue C in response to an accident involving a bicyclist.

Fleeing mother abandons son

In the wake of hit-and-run, a mother was indicted Jan. 26 for allegedly leaving her 13-year-old child in a wrecked auto when she abandoned the car – and the child – and fled from the scene on foot. A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Miranda Antoinette Kellogg, 36 for abandoning a child.