Port Arthur Police Chief Patrick Melvin outside Cafe Del Rio in Beaumont | Photo: Eleanor Skelton This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 23, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Port Arthur Police Chief Patrick Melvin issued a response Sunday, Nov. 19 to the police union’s recent no-confidence vote against him. Eighty-five percentContinueContinue reading “Port Arthur police chief issues response to officers’ no-confidence vote”
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Beaumont SWAT commander’s family remembers 32 years of service
Kasey Sloan | Photo: Eleanor Skelton This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 23, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Lieutenant Ky Brown | Photo courtesy of the Brown family Kasey Sloan grew up in an unusual family — her dad, mom and stepdad were all police officers and all of them servedContinueContinue reading “Beaumont SWAT commander’s family remembers 32 years of service”
Mississippi man arrested in manhunt after shooting at Jefferson County deputy
Justin Dean | Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 23, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer A man from Mississippi was arrested Monday night after knocking on doors in a neighborhood west of Beaumont and shooting at a Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy. Residents in the Diamond DContinueContinue reading “Mississippi man arrested in manhunt after shooting at Jefferson County deputy”
Two Southeast Texans die in pileup involving four 18-wheelers on I-10 in Louisiana
This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 2, 2017. By Eleanor SkeltonStaff Writer Two Southeast Texas men were killed in a Louisiana pileup involving four 18-wheelers, state troopers said. The accident happened about 2 a.m. Monday, October 30 on I-10 eastbound while traffic was stopped due to another accident just east ofContinueContinue reading “Two Southeast Texans die in pileup involving four 18-wheelers on I-10 in Louisiana”
Five teens arrested after woman robbed, husband shot at Lake Charles motel
Tammy Pryor, 18, Broderick Record, 19, Kenneth Sweet, 19, Mauricio Labrada-Hernandez, 19, and Fabien Record, 18, are all charged with robbing a woman and her husband in their car at gunpoint at a Lake Charles motel and shooting the husband. Four out of the five teens turned themselves into police after their arrest warrants wereContinueContinue reading “Five teens arrested after woman robbed, husband shot at Lake Charles motel”
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