Monday was an unusually busy day for thieves taking vehicles. Orange police took reports on a stolen Honda motorbike, a stolen Hummer and a stolen pickup truck. A resident living in the 1200 block of Pine Avenue in the Old Orange Historic District called at 1:20 a.m. to report a 2016 Honda CR-v 1000 sport motorbike was stolen from his carport. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the bike has not been recovered. About 9 a.m., the 2007 Hummer was reported stolen from a law office at 205 Border Street, across from the Orange County Jail. The keys had been left inside. The SUV was recovered … [Read more...] about Auto Thefts Popular

County Judge Brint Carlton announced at the meeting of Commissioners Court Tuesday that he has selected Charlie Cox as the new Emergency Management Coordinator.  Cox has 36 years experience as a fire fighter.  He is currently with the Beaumont Fire Department.  Cox has served all over the United States according to Carlton with experience in emergency response in fires and hurricanes.  Judge Carlton thanked Missy Pillsbury for serving as the interim Emergency Management Coordinator and named her the Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator. The Commissioners Court approved entering into an … [Read more...] about Judge Names New EMC

A Mississippi man staying at the Motel 6 in Orange faces a charge of aggravated assault and evading arrest after his wife was beaten. Acadian Ambulance was called to treat the woman, who had lost consciousness during the beating. Orange Patrol Officer J.L. Goins reported the clerk at the hotel called 9-1-1 at 3:35 a.m. because he was awakened by screaming and banging above his room. Officer Goins said the man in the upstairs room told her he and his wife had been drinking and she fell. The left side of the wife's face was swollen and bruised, with the eye swollen shut. Officer Goins … [Read more...] about Man Arrested For Beating Wife

The three state district judges in Orange County will be posting a job notice seeking a new county auditor. 128th District Judge Courtney Arkeen said current auditor Mary Johnson has not resigned and will stay until a new auditor is hired. Judge Arkeen said Johnson's husband has gotten his "dream job" of supervising gardens at Texas A&M University in College Station. Joseph Johnson is the director of horticulture at Shangri La Gardens in Orange. The judges hired Mary Johnson as county auditor in December 2012. State law sets up the county auditor's job under district judges so the position … [Read more...] about County Looking For New Auditor

Local lawyer Nolan LeBlanc had his Hummer SUV stolen Monday morning from his office parking space across the street from the Orange County Jail. "I unfortunately left the keys in it because I thought I was going to go back out right away," he said. OnStar tracking system helped Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputies to stop the SUV off Interstate 10 in Starks. The SUV was recovered and a 22-year-old man was arrested. LeBlanc's secretary drove him to pick it up and he had it back in Orange by the afternoon. The 2007 white Hummer with the Dallas Cowboys decal was parked at his office, 202 … [Read more...] about Attorney’s Stolen Vehicle Returned

The Honey Stop convenience store, 1012 West Park Avenue, was robbed about 11 p.m. Sunday by two men. Police report one had a black, semi-automatic pistol. Detective Captain Robert Enmon said the two men were wearing black hoodies pulled over their heads. Their faces were covered with only their eyes showing. They were also wearing purple surgical gloves. They are described as black, with one about 5-feet-5 and the other 5-feet-3. The same store was robbed by two men with handguns last year on June 12. The store did not call police after that robbery, which was reported by employees at a … [Read more...] about Store Robbed By Two