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Stolen car spray-painter charged

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A Jefferson County grand jury charged a transient 34-year-old man with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after officers noticed a spray-painted Honda Civic traveling the wrong way on 4th Avenue i

PAPD apprehends PCP-puffing passenger

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After stopping to help a motorist driving a slowly-moving car with its hazard lights on, two Port Arthur Police Department (PAPD) officers arrested an alleged PCP-puffing passenger, according to a

JCSO nabs Louisiana teen for GTA

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After leading Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies on a car chase from Fannet to Beaumont, where the suspect and an officer crashed, authorities arrested a 15-year-old boy for unauthor

Feds sentence felon for firearm

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Edward Lee Simien, 43, pleaded guilty on Sep. 9, 2022, to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and was sentenced to 41 months (three years and five months) in federal prison by U.S.