crime

"My Buddy" couple sentenced to prison

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Nov. 28, the couple behind “My Buddy Loans” out of Cleveland was sentenced to prison terms for wire fraud connected to the entrepreneurs’ claims for COVID relief.

K-9 corners suspected capers

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Beaumont Police Department (BPD) officers nabbed three men after responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle near the business.

Woman arrested for child sex abuse

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Investigation into a rash of burglaries in south Hardin County help lead the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office into arresting a 22-year-old woman for child sex abuse.

Sex offender indicted for another offense

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Beaumont’s David Allen Tovar, 40, was again indicted for allegations of sexually assaulting a pre-teen girl, according to the true bills handed up by a Jefferson County grand jury on Nov. 30.

Felon arrested for assaulting teens

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A Silsbee Police Department officer was in the “right place at the right time” after a pair of teenagers was attacked in a restaurant parking lot on Nov. 18, according to the department chief.