Jefferson County District Attorney's Office
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Ninth Court axes whistleblower suit against BISD
BEAUMONT – On Thursday the Ninth Court of Appeals dismissed a whistleblower suit against the Beaumont Independent School District. Shaunte Guillory made local headlines in early December when she filed suit against BISD in Jefferson County District Court, alleging she was demoted from principal at Mae Jones-Clark Elementary to assistant principal at King Middle School after making a complaint about Assistant Superintendent Dwaine Augustine. -
Ninth Court stays whistleblower suit against BISD
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals has stayed a whistleblower suit against the Beaumont Independent School District. Shaunte Guillory made local headlines in early December when she filed suit against BISD in Jefferson County District Court, alleging she was demoted from principal at Mae Jones-Clark Elementary to assistant principal at King Middle School after making a complaint about Assistant Superintendent Dwaine Augustine. -
Perry appoints Rugg to 58th District Court
Gov. RickPerry has appointed Tom Rugg to the unexpired term on the Jefferson County 58th District Court bench, replacing Bob Wortham, who resigned in March to run for Jefferson County District Attorney. -
Police confirm 1 dead, 3 wounded in Jefferson County Courthouse shooting; Wounded suspect hospitalized
The area in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse remains blocked off today following a shooting rampage that left one dead this morning. One victim is confirmed dead and three others have been hospitalized after a gunman opened fire today outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. -
Walter Umphrey honored by JCBA during Law Day ceremony
Walter Umphrey accepts the Blackstone Award from the Jefferson County Bar Association during Law Day ceremonies May 7. Eager to honor their colleagues and elect new leaders, dozens of area attorneys turned out for Law Day 2010. -
Provost Umphrey Stadium will be home to revived Lamar football team
Walter Umphrey, left, with Lamar University President James Simmons at the naming of the Provost Umphrey Stadium. Beaumont attorney Walter Umprhey's name keeps popping up all over Texas, and not just in the courtroom. When the Lamar University football team returns to the gridiron two years from now it will be in the newly named Provost Umphrey Stadium. -
Officer Breiner forced back into arbitration, but still can sue city
After a month-long break, Beaumont Police officer Keith Breiner, who was suspended for having sex with prostitutes, will have to return to the arbitration table after a judge denied his requests for an injunction and plea to the jurisdiction. -
Paper theft report by Record gets no response from prosecutors
After a jury found that DuPont was not responsible for his client's mesothelioma, plaintiff's attorney Glen Morgan alleged the jurors may have been influenced by the Southeast Texas Record's coverage and demanded a new trial. -
Judge to decide if union agreement trumps constitution in police sex scandal case
Beaumont Police Chief Frank Coffin Jr. Following an Aug. 20 jurisdiction hearing, a local judge must now turn to the scales of Lady Justice and decide if a suspended Beaumont police officer's constitutional rights outweigh a collective bargaining agreement. -
BPD officer suspended in prostitution sting gets TRO against department
A Beaumont police officer suspended for having sex with prostitutes during a sting operation has obtained a temporary restraining order against the department to stay his scheduled Aug. 1 termination. -
Judge to decide defeated PA councilman's fate
Cal Jones A local judge has been tasked to decide whether discrimination, fraud or mistake played any part in former Port Arthur Councilman Carroll "Cal" Jones losing his seat in the May 10th elections. -
Defeated PA councilman asks judge to reinstate discarded ballots
Rather than resign himself to defeat, a Port Arthur councilman has filed suit in hopes a local court will reinstate 35 suspect ballots and declare him victorious � proving that no matter how high or low the office, no politician likes to say goodbye. -
Record files complaint regarding stolen papers
When Jerry Little, an employee of Reaud, Morgan & Quinn Law Firm, was confronted about stealing copies of the Southeast Texas Record in March, he replied "if I've committed a crime, then charge me." -
Parents sue West Brook for slander, civil rights violations over game controversy
A former West Brook High School student claims to have been forced to withdraw from school after administrators blamed the student for participating in a controversial game that was played after school hours and away from school property. -
Former assistant DA sentenced for role in conspiracy
Wendell "Chip" Radford, Jr. U.S. Attorney John L. Ratcliffe announced Aug. 24 that a former Jefferson County Assistant District Attorney has been sentenced for his role in a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.