The News

Closures on I-10 this week for crash reconstruction

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will conduct a crash reconstruction causing multiple lane closures on I-10, near mile marker 861, in Orange County, Texas beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 26, Sgt. Stephanie Davis said in a release.

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Teen shoplifting suspect brings drugs to jail, reports officer

Police are charging a teen accused of shoplifting at Vidor Walmart on April 17 with criminal mischief for destroying store property and with multiple drug charges, including bringing a prohibited substance into a correctional facility, reports Sgt. Lee Brading. 

According to Brading's report pertaining to the incident, police were dispatched to Walmart on Main Street at about 9 a.m. in reference to a man cutting open boxes at the store. Loss prevention staff described the suspect as dressed in black and riding a mobility scooter. 

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Port Arthur's Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 29

On Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Port Arthur Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its 13th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs, City of Port Arthur spokesperson LaRisa Carpenter said in a release.

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Texas man from border town sentenced for East Texas drug trafficking

A 45-year-old Roma, Texas man has been sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced April 21.

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Houston murder suspect captured

Harris County Sheriff’s Office homicide investigators, along with the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force personnel and HCSO District 2 patrol units, captured murder suspect Russell Cormier, around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, April 21, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said in a release.

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