Daisetta, TX Crime & Safety

BEAUMONT, Texas — Friends of a 23-year-old Lumberton woman who died in a fiery single-car wreck are honoring her life. Madison Thibodeau lost her life in a Sunday night wreck. Her friends decorated a table at Modelos to honor her memory. Thibodeau's loved ones described her as the sweetest...

BEAUMONT — Madison "Madi" Hope Thibodeau, 23, of Lumberton, died in a traffic accident Sunday, August 7, 2022. A severe traffic collision involving one vehicle occurred near Cardinal Drive and Highway 347 in Beaumont, according to Beaumont police. Officers arrived to find a two-door Jeep engulfed in flames in the grass.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is reporting that a woman from Silsbee died in a tragic auto accident involving an 18 wheeled tractor trailer truck that occurred on Saturday between Lumberton and Silsbee on Highway 96. Troopers said a preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 1:00 p.m.; a...

Police identified a local woman killed in a car accident over the weekend.

DPS Lt. Chuck Havard has confirmed to KFDM/Fox 4 that troopers are at the scene of a fatal crash north of Lumberton near Village Creek involving an 18-wheeler and another vehicle. The crash happened around 1 p.m. Saturday. Stay with KFDM/Fox 4 for additional updates.

Funeral services will be held this weekend in Silsbee for a young Lumberton woman who died in a fiery weekend crash in Beaumont. Beaumont Police say 23-year-old Madison Hope Thibodeau was a passenger in a Jeep that was found wrecked and completely engulfed in flames on Sunday at the Highway 69/347 split in far southeast Beaumont.

LUMBERTON, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are investigating a deadly, three-vehicle crash that took place early Saturday afternoon. The wreck happened on Highway 96, north of Lumberton near Village Creek bridge. Preliminary crash investigation indicates at around 12:45 p.m., a 2014 Kia Soul was traveling north...

A convenience store customer reportedly angry at being denied the purchase of cigarettes is being questioned by Liberty Police Department investigators. According to LPD Chief Gary Martin, the man went into the Happy Chap’s store at the corner of US 90 and FM 563 Thursday morning and attempted to buy cigarettes.

BEAUMONT, Texas — Thousands of Southeast Texas students will head back to the classrooms soon with a program designed to provide them an extra piece of protection. The ‘Campus Crime Stoppers’ program has now expanded into more schools in the region. It’ll aim at keeping the students and faculty safe by giving everyone an anonymous way of tipping off authorities.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Texas man has been charged in a fatal shooting last November outside the Gurnee Mills shopping mall. Jesse Zumaya, 33, of Huffman, Texas, was arrested last week in Waukegan. He has been charged with second-degree murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated discharge of a firearm a shooting that killed 26-year-old Jonathan Denicolas.

The crash happened on Main Street and Pine Burr. His vehicle left the road, rolled into a ditch and hit a utility pole.

Another wind turbine caught fire this summer, but this time it happened across the pond. Video shows the wind turbine on fire while a large plume of black smoke fills the sky in Hull, England. Residents watched as parts of the wind turbine melted, and pieces fell from the massive structure.  Firefighters were soon able to extinguish the fire, and crews say they received nearly 200 calls about the turbine fire. It is unknown at this time what caused the fire. Just two weeks ago, lightning struck a wind turbine in North Texas, setting it ablaze.  Videos from witnesses and firefighters showed the wind turbine generator ablaze and disintegrated in the sky over Crowell, Texas.

A Texas family received news that their beloved stolen German Shepard, Sheba, had been located 600 miles away, five years after her initial disappearance.  The reunion comes at a time when dognapping is at an all-time high in the United States.  The Reunion As years and years went by without Sheba, the Malmstrom family had […] The post Stolen Dog Found 600 Miles Away Years After Disappearing appeared first on DogTime.

Police in Houston arrested six people last week in connection with a catalytic converter theft ring that operated in much of the state. Authorities seized 477 catalytic converters as part of raids that spanned several locations in late July, reports KHOU News. More than 400, though, were found at just one residence in Dayton, Texas, which is believed to have been the main drop-off point where the people who stole the parts could drop them off and receive payment.

HOUSTON – A joint task force raided six locations Thursday, and arrested six persons suspected of involvement in a city-wide wave of catalytic converter thefts. Authorities said that the raids and arrests were based on information developed after the shooting death of Sheriff’s deputy Darren Almendarez. Aldine Deputy Almendarez was fatally shot last March while attempting to stop thieves who were stealing the catalytic converter from his pickup truck. Almendarez was on a shopping trip on FM1960 with his wife and another person. Three men have been charged with that theft and murder.

HOUSTON — New details are revealing more about how an extensive catalytic converter theft operation was working. Charging documents show the operation was being handled and promoted through Instagram. The documents identified Armando Martinez Sr. as a “mid-level” or "mid-tier" buyer who was part of the sophisticated organized crime ring that stole, purchased and sold the stolen converters.

HOUSTON — As the suspects charged in connection with an alleged massive catalytic converter theft ring appeared in court on Monday, the president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union spoke out on the bust. New details continue to be revealed in the case as investigators said they worked...