A 47-year-old woman had to be taken by ambulance to a Beaumont hospital Monday night for a head injury. She told Orange police she thinks her husband hit her in the back of the head with a pipe.
Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the woman had a large cut to her head. Acadian Ambulance took her to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment.
Officers were called to the 1800 block of Church Street. The woman told police she and her husband had been arguing. She had seen him holding a pipe. Captain Enmon said the woman reported she felt a sudden pain in the back of the head and was bleeding. She believes her husband hit her with the pipe, though she didn’t see him.
The 53-year-old man at the house was not arrested.
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A man intending to help ended up being the victim of a theft Tuesday. Orange police went to the convenience store at 1101 Green Avenue about 11:30 a.m. after an initial report of a robbery. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said a 61-year-old man reported another man asked him for change for a bill. The man pulled out bills to use for change. Instead of waiting for change, the other man grabbed all the cash and ran off.
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A 54-year-old bicyclist was seriously injured Friday in the 500 block of 16th Street after his bike collided with an SUV. Orange police reported Willie Grant was taken by Acadian Ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with incapacitating injuries.
Police said the collision was about 1:30 p.m. Grant was riding his bicycle northbound in the turning lane. A Ford Expedition driven by a 45-year-old woman from Orange was traveling southbound in the outside lane.
According to police, Grant failed to yield the right-of-way to the SUV and turned into the traffic lane. His bike hit the front bumper of the Expedition. The collision made him fall off the bike onto the concrete roadway, injuring him.
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Orange police arrested a man early Sunday morning at an apartment after his wife said he was on PCP and she awoke to find him standing over her holding a kitchen knife. She made a 9-1-1 call at 1:16 a.m. Sunday from apartments at 4030 Sikes Road.
The woman told officers she went to sleep about 11:20 p.m. on the couch in the living room. Her husband of about a year was in the bedroom. She said she felt the covers ripped off her and woke up. Her husband was standing over her with a kitchen knife and she was afraid he was going to kill her. He also held his hand around her throat but she managed to get free.
She said she ran outside and called 9-1-1 while her husband went back into the bedroom and pretended to sleep.
Three officers went inside and were concerned about the man being on PCP. However, he was arrested without problems and taken to the Orange County Jail on a Class A misdemeanor charge of family violence.
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