On Monday, March 28, 2023, at approximately 11:00pm, Port Neches officers responded to the area of Williamsburg and Industrial regarding suspicious activity. As officers approached the area, Officer W. Navarre observed a vehicle with no lights leaving the area at a high rate of speed. As he attempted to stop the vehicle, the vehicle slowed and the passenger exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The driver was taken into custody. Officers set up a perimeter in the area with the assistance of Nederland PD officers. Officer A. Carter arrived on scene and deployed the department drone. While searching the area with the drone, he was able to the locate the second suspect. Sgt. E. Heilman then deployed his department issued K9 and officers were able to take the second suspect into custody without incident.
While on scene, officers and investigators determined that the suspects had been in the process of stealing AT&T communication cable and located a large amount of the cable in the suspects’ vehicle. In addition to the cable, tools commonly utilized in cable theft were located.
The suspects were identified as Hagan Crorey and Kevin Hebert out of Orange County. The driver was arrested for Theft Aluminum/Bronze/Copper/Brass. The passenger was arrested for Theft Aluminum/Bronze/Copper/Brass and Evading. Both were transported to the Jefferson County Jail.
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