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CRIME NEWS | Woman sentenced for boyfriend’s murder

A Port Arthur woman charged with murdering her live-in boyfriend in 2019 was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to serve 45 years in prison on Jan. 27. Trial No. 520 under Judge John Stevens in the Jefferson County Criminal District Court, the State v Amesty Smith, commenced Jan.

Teen sentenced to 30 years for West End murder

Bryce Bell was just 15 years old when he shot Anthony Wilson six times and stole the victim’s truck on April 11, 2019.

Man arrested for fiery homicide

Officers from the Beaumont Police Department arrested a man believed responsible for the death of a man found in the remains of an early October house fire. Oct. 25, BPD announced that 39-year-old Channin Keon Ardoin was arrested and charged with murder for the Oct.

Mom arrested for murdering 6-month-old baby

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office (CPSO) deputies arrested a 22-year-old Lake Charles mom Aug. 15 for murder after officers say her 6-month-old child died in a car she was left inside for approximately five hours. Monday, Aug. 15, at about 3:45 p.m.

Harris Co. murder suspect arrest in Beaumont

July 18, officers with the Beaumont Police Department and Lamar Police Department, assisted by U.S. Marshalls, arrested Nathan Joel Nichols, a 30-year-old Beaumont man, for Harris County capital murder and parole violation warrants.

BPD investigates Alabama Avenue homicide

At about 1 a.m. on Friday, June 24, Beaumont police responded to the 200 block of Alabama Avenue in reference to shots fired. When officers arrived, they located a gold Chevrolet Malibu parked in a vacant lot.

Duo indicted in love triangle murder

Marking two corners of an allegedly murderous, tri-county love triangle, two Southeast Texans in their 20s allegedly killed and hid the body of the man’s 16-year-old girlfriend March 26 .

Teen indicted for capital murder

After the suspect admitted to shooting and killing a 27-year-old man in late April, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted a teen for capital murder May 25.

PA pair indicted for McDonald's murder

A pair of Port Arthur men were indicted for murder May 11 after a “combative conversation” in a McDonald’s parking lot turned deadly.

Murder-for-hire plotter pleads guilty

A Port Arthur-dwelling Honduran national pleaded guilty to a murder-for-hire plot aimed at eliminating his mother-in-law and brother-in-law back in Honduras, according to an announcement released Jan. 19 from the Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney’s office.