Sheena Yarbrough-Powell

Luis Torres

Luis Torres

Teen driver found guilty in officer’s death

Jennifer Johnson
Friday, July 22, 2022
At 2:30 p.m., an hour after being sent to take a break and begin deliberations, jurors returned a verdict finding now 20-year-old Luis Torres guilty of the crime of “intoxication manslaughter causing the death of a peace officer.
Luis Fernando Torres, 20, has been behind bars since Aug. 13, 2020, three days after he allegedly drunkenly crashed his Mustang into BPD Officer Sheena Yarbrough-Powell, killing her.

Luis Fernando Torres, 20, has been behind bars since Aug. 13, 2020, three days after he allegedly drunkenly crashed his Mustang into BPD Officer Sheena Yarbrough-Powell, killing her.

Accused officer killer reverses guilty plea

News Staff
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Originally entering a guilty plea in reference to the intoxicated manslaughter incident that killed a 23-year-old, second-year Beaumont police officer, a now-20-year-old man reversed his decision at a May 23 sentencing hearing.
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.
BPD officers honor their fallen colleagues May 13

BPD officers honor their fallen colleagues May 13

BPD honors fallen officers

Scott McLendon
Thursday, May 13, 2021
In concert with National Police Week, a crowd of family, friends and residents gathered to honor fallen officers of the Beaumont Police Department in front of their station May 13.
Courville's burglary

Courville's burglary

Meat thieves apprehended

Jennifer Johnson
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Two men accused of stealing 150 pounds of meat right off the grill are in the custody of the Jefferson County Jail, each on bonds totaling a quarter-million dollars.
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