local arrests

Mother and sister arrested in toddler's death

After finding the body of a three-year-old, special-needs child in his home May 31, Port Arthur police arrested the boy’s mom and sister for injury to a child, a first-degree felony.

Game room robber arrested in the act

Beaumont police arrested a 30-year-old man who they caught in the process of robbing a game room on Stagg Drive May 30. When BPD officers responded to a robbery in progress at the J Player LLC game room at about 9:30 a.m., they found Roderick McKinney and arrested him without incident.

Two arrested after fleeing police

Tuesday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m., BPD officers patrolling the area of the Avenue A and Brockman attempted to stop a white 2014 Lincoln MKZ for a traffic violation. The driver, later identified as Harold Henry, a 28-year-old Beaumont man, did not stop and a vehicle pursuit was initiated.