local crime

Five years after jurors sentenced a now-44-year-old man to death for killing a mother and daughter – allegedly for the former calling to report him for a crime – a judge began the process to set a

After the Jefferson County Criminal Court moved forward on an older case gathering dust on its docket, coordinators moved an alleged conwoman’s case back to January of next year – leaving the 37-ye

Standing accused of forwarding nude photos another woman sent her husband, a Port Neches woman rejected a plea deal for a four-year deferred adjudicated probation and asked that a local judge set h

A man on bond for charges of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old and impregnating the young girl has fled to Mexico amid a conviction for the aggravated sexual assault of the child.

At the Oct. 11 meeting of the Hardin County Commissioners Court, members voted to approve measures aimed at ensuring mental health options for constituents under county care.

A Jefferson County grand jury indicted a 41-year-old loan officer/teller from Port Arthur on Sept.

A Tyler County grand jury indicted a 17-year-old high school student for felony terroristic threat.

As a local “slumlord” amasses victims and charges, including sexual assault and rental assistance fraud, the accused predator and a few of his victims detailed their accounts to The Examiner.

Sept. 21, Tyler County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputies arrested a 17-year-old male for making a felony terroristic threat to a school.

According to a report released Sept.