Mark Armstrong

4 days ago | abc10.com | Mark Armstrong |Brett Strahan

BEAUMONT, Texas — They wore masks and gloves—and struck in broad daylight. Federal prosecutors say four people connected to a Houston gang ambushed ATM technicians at two Beaumont banks, in October and December 2024, making off with nearly $300,000 in cash. An indictment filed May 15 details how they used stolen vehicles, force, and intimidation to carry out the heists—without any mention of weapons.

1 week ago | 12newsnow.com | Mark Armstrong

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Jefferson County judge has formally extended a court order meant to preserve key evidence at the Port Arthur LNG construction site, where a deadly collapse killed three workers and injured others on April 29. Meanwhile, the companies being sued have filed their first formal responses, denying responsibility and requesting a jury trial.

2 weeks ago | 12newsnow.com | Mark Armstrong

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Attorneys for the families of workers killed and injured in the April 29, 2025, scaffolding collapse at the Port Arthur LNG site have officially served subpoenas to three local emergency agencies, according to court documents filed this week. Proof of service documents confirm that deposition subpoenas were delivered to the Sabine Pass Fire Department, the Port Arthur Fire Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

2 weeks ago | 12newsnow.com | Mark Armstrong

BEAUMONT, Texas — Calvin Walker, the former Beaumont Independent School District electrician recently sentenced to nine years in prison, will appear in Jefferson County Criminal District Court this Thursday to request permission to work in Louisiana while his appeal proceeds. The May 22 hearing marks Walker's first court appearance since Judge John Stevens revoked his probation on May 13 for failing to repay over $1.17 million in restitution owed to the school district.

3 weeks ago | 12newsnow.com | Mark Armstrong

BEAUMONT, Texas — Former Beaumont Independent School District electrician Calvin Gary Walker is formally appealing the nine-year prison sentence handed down earlier this week after a Jefferson County judge revoked his probation. A Notice of Appeal filed May 15, 2025, confirms that Walker—through his attorney Dick DeGuerin—is challenging the judgment issued on May 13, when Judge John Stevens found Walker had failed to repay restitution and sentenced him to prison.