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BPD, bomb squad on site of yet another suspicious West End package

A suspicious package was allegedly reported in the area of HEB grocery and Bay Bright car wash on Dowlen Road in Beaumont the morning of Tuesday, May 22, according to employees of nearby businesses. Traffic was being diverted in the area, with limited access to properties and stores.

Additional information from police at the scene detailed the scenario as first responders and bomb squad officers arrived to find an unattended box left in the median of the roadway between Alter’s Gem Jewelers and Delaware Street.

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Low water pressure in Beaumont's West End

Neighborhood with low water pressure | Photo: City of Beaumont

UPDATE, 11/8: Homes around Gladys and North Major Drive will not have water starting around 9 a.m. today to repair the 24 inch water line damaged yesterday, city officials said.

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Beaumont police investigate early morning west-end robbery

Wednesday, July 12, at approximately 6:16 a.m., Beaumont Police officers responded to the 400 block of Yorktown Lane, in reference to a burglary in progress.

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West End robber nabbed

Teual Harper

A gun-wielding bandit targeting West End Beaumont convenience stores in the early morning hours of Oct. 11 was apprehended by Beaumont police who arrived to catch the suspect hiding behind a store that was just the target of an armed robbery.

According to information filed at the BPD, 46-year-old Teual Lashawn Harper was taken into custody on suspicion of aggravated robbery connected to two West End Beaumont robberies committed within minutes of each other.

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Police arrest suspect in multiple burglaries in Beaumont’s West End

Johnathan Paul Smith (inset) has been arrested on multiple burglary warrants.

Police officers investigating a rash of burglaries in Beaumont’s West End arrested one suspect they believe participated in multiple crimes, stealing weapons, jewelry, electronics and numerous other items from several residences.

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Serial auto burglars captured by BPD

Two serial auto burglars who have been targeting Beaumont’s west end are currently sitting in jail due to the swift response of the Beaumont Police Department's midnight patrol officers.

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Texas housing board chooses South End site for low-income senior living complex

Jehovah Jireh Place of Grace should be like this senior living complex on Major.

The debate over where a low-income senior living complex will be erected in Beaumont has come to an end, with a lone finalist awarded the state tax credits needed to fund development. 

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Suspect arrested in West End robbery

Jamison Dwight Monroe

Early Thursday morning, March 12, at around 3:57, BPD officers responded to an apartment in the 6500 block of Phelan in Beaumont in reference to an aggravated robbery that just occurred. Dispatch advised that the suspect held the victims up at gunpoint and entered the residence.

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Mother and daughter robbed at gunpoint in Beaumont

A Beaumont mother and her daughter got a nasty surprise when an armed robber confronted them as they were leaving a West End restaurant on Jan. 3, reports the Beaumont Police Department.

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West end stabbing leads to one death, one arrest

A 59-year-old Beaumont man is dead and a reportedly mentally ill resident of a rental home where the victim was working, a 34-year-old Beaumont man, is in custody for stabbing the man to death on Monday, April 7.

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