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BPD responds to threats of an active shooter at BISD's Early College High School Photo by B. Scott McLendon

BPD responds to threats of an active shooter at BISD's Early College High School Photo by B. Scott McLendon

BPD finds ECHS shooting threat false

Scott McLendon
Thursday, September 29, 2022
More than 50 Beaumont police officers and federal agents swarmed BISD’s Early College High School campus after hearing a false report about a gunman having shot more than 20 students Sept. 22. Officers found no one injured and no shooter at the school.
Jarmond James

Jarmond James

Hike and bike harasser arrested

News Staff
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Beaumont police reportedly arrested a 37-year-old man at the Gulf Terrace Hike and Bike Trail after he allegedly tried to kidnap a woman. On Sunday, Sept. 11, at about 9:15 a.m.
Officer Conrad Gernale

Officer Conrad Gernale

BPD remembers officer K.I.A

News Staff
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) remembered Officer Conrad Gernale, who was killed in the line of duty on Sept. 6, 2002.
Crash photo by Jerome Cabeen

Crash photo by Jerome Cabeen

Billionaire's 'intoxication assault' investigation sent to DA

Scott McLendon
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Saying the matter is now with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Beaumont police have handed over their investigation into the local billionaire accused of crashing into five other cars at the intersection of Dowlen Road and Gladys Avenue. According to an Aug.
Jalon Nixon

Jalon Nixon

Gun malfunction saves BPD officers

News Staff
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Two Beaumont police officers survived an alleged murder attempt after a teenager’s gun malfunctioned at an apartment complex on Dowlen Road July 3. At about 6 p.m.

BPD investigates Alabama Avenue homicide

News Staff
Thursday, June 30, 2022
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.
Beaumont first responders work a crash scene (Photos courtesy of Jerome Cabeen)

Beaumont first responders work a crash scene (Photos courtesy of Jerome Cabeen)

Global tycoon from Beaumont mangles multiple cars on Dowlen

News Staff
Friday, June 24, 2022
Beaumont business tycoon Walter "Loddie" Naymola is being investigated in the cause of the accident that damaged multiple vehicles -- reportedly resulting in multiple injuries, but no deaths -- at the intersection of Dowlen and Gladys, multiple sources confirmed to The Examiner June 24.
Fallen Beaumont Police Department officers are honored at the city's annual memorial

Fallen Beaumont Police Department officers are honored at the city's annual memorial

Officers memorialized during annual rememberance

Scott McLendon
Thursday, May 26, 2022
In an annual show of reverence and remembrance, Southeast Texans gathered with Beaumont police officers May 19 at the Beaumont Police Department (BPD) to honor officers who sacrificed their lives while working to create a safer community.
Charged with intoxication manslaughter, Luis Fernando Torres, picture here at 18, entered a guilty please April 19 in lieu of the trial jurists were already prepared to hear.

Charged with intoxication manslaughter, Luis Fernando Torres, picture here at 18, entered a guilty please April 19 in lieu of the trial jurists were already prepared to hear.

BPD officer's killer pleads guilty

Scott McLendon
Thursday, April 21, 2022
More than a year after drunkenly driving and crashing his Mustang into a patrolling police unit, in August 2020, killing a 23-year-old Beaumont officer when he was 18, a Port Arthur man pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter April 19 and could face no more than 30 years in prison.
Lou Mitchell

Lou Mitchell

Man indicted for theft No. 6

Tim Cohrs
Monday, January 24, 2022
Lou E. Mitchell, a 51year-old Beaumont man, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury Jan. 19 for felony theft – the sixth time he’s been handed down such a charge.
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