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UPDATE: Vidor police ID accident victim, search for vehicle involved

Vidor police are currently investigating the death of a man discovered dead in a roadway at approximately 11:09 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, off South Street, the Interstate 10 service road, between F.M. 1135 and Cow Bayou. Richard Bryan Sanford, 48, of Vidor, was pronounced dead at the scene by Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace Judge Rodney Price. According to police, Sanford was “struck and killed” while walking.

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Vidor residents guilty of federal racketeering charges

Erica Parrott

Three Vidor residents have pleaded guilty to racketeering charges related to their association with a “white’s only” criminal enterprise that engaged in methamphetamine distribution and murder in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S.

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Arrest in murder of victim pulled from burning car

Rashawn Dewayne Morris

Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old Orange resident with murder Tuesday night, Aug. 27, after witnesses say he shot a man who was pulled from a burning car the night before.

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Cyclist killed in Vidor accident

A cyclist was killed after a Jeep veered off the road and struck him in Vidor early Friday morning, June 28, 2013.

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Police say Orange teen died after burglary

An 18-year-old man died in the streets of Orange after sustaining injuries from broken glass while crawling through a window after a burglary at a residence on 6th Street in Orange on Wednesday, May 22, police said. 

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Death at local correctional facility

According to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, an inmate at the county correctional facility apparently strangled himself to death while alone in his cell.

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Unidentified body found in Neches River

Orange and Jefferson county sheriff's offices are conducting a death investigation after a body was discovered in the Neches River near the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge over the Neches River over the weekend.

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UPDATE: Police identify man killed in traffic

On April 22, Beaumont police released the name of the man who died after laying in oncoming traffic on April 20 as 28-year-old Michael Tyrone Motton of Beaumont. See related article at http://theexaminer.com/stories/news/man-killed-after-laying-down-highway-traffic-lane.

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UPDATE: Deputies release name of man killed in China

On April 23, Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies identified the man killed in yesterday's industrial accident in the 1000 block of Aggie Drive near China as 27-year-old Kevin Oneal Fairman. See related article at http://theexaminer.com/stories/news/death-due-industrial-accident-near-china.

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Death due to industrial accident near China

A worker was killed as the result of an industrial accident in the 1000 block of Aggie Dr. in China today, April 22, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

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