INDICTMENTS — Rash of domestic violence cases top local indictments
Published 12:28 am Saturday, July 11, 2020
BEAUMONT — A Jefferson County grand jury returned a number of indictments including 10 for charges related to domestic violence this week.
Those crimes range from aggravated assault/family violence, deadly conduct, assault-choking and assault on a family member.
An indictment is not a final conviction of guilt; it is only a ruling by the grand jury that allows the district attorney’s office to proceed with a criminal case.
Those indicted include:
- Aaron Chavez, 33, of Port Neches was indicted for assault-family violence choking for an incident that occurred May 2.
- Manuel Cabos-Abreu, 33, of Port Arthur was indicted for assault-family violence choking for an incident that occurred March 31.
- Alexis Leigh Standifer, 19, of Beaumont was indicted for aggravated assault/family violence for an incident that occurred March 14.
- Shawntel Shaneice Johnson, 31, of Beaumont was indicted for aggravated assault-family violence for an incident that occurred May 26.
- James Leland Kane, 30, of Nome was indicted for deadly conduct for an incident that occurred April 2.
- Benjamin Michael Martinez, 30, of Nederland was indicted for aggravated assault-family violence for an incident that occurred Feb. 24.
- Tony Polanco, 36, of Groves was indicted for assault-family violence choking for an incident that occurred Feb. 19.
- Corie Reed Jr., 30, of Beaumont was indicted for assault-family violence choking for an incident that occurred Feb. 15.
- Jason Matthew Rodgers, 47, of Beaumont was indicted for aggravated assault-family violence for an incident that occurred March 23.
- Chad Everett Young, 43, of Beaumont was indicted for assault of a family member for an incident that occurred July 21, 2019.
Other indictments include:
- Jonathan William Mulvahill, 21, of Richmond was indicted for attempted assault of a peace officer for an incident that occurred Feb. 18.
- Jonathan William Mulvahill, 21, of Richmond was indicted for burglary of a habitation for an incident that occurred April 11.
- Shayla J’Nae Hamilton, 18, of Beaumont was indicted for assault on a peace officer for an incident that occurred April 24.
- Darrell Eric Alford, 24, of Port Arthur was indicted for deadly conduct for an incident that occurred April 11.
- Marquez Green, 23, of Beaumont was indicted for robbery for an incident that occurred Feb. 26.
- Kristi Delacerda, 28, of Vidor was indicted for possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, for an incident that occurred Feb. 2.
- Herchel Wayne Dugas, 33, transient, was indicted for burglary of a habitation for an incident that occurred April 23.
- Harold Dewayne Elkins, 27, of Beaumont was indicted for felony theft for an incident that occurred April 6.
- Cory James Jorgensen, 26, of Port Arthur was indicted for possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, for an incident that occurred June 28.
- Cameron Jewaun Ford, 23, of Beaumont was indicted for tampering with physical evidence for an incident that occurred Jan. 4.
- Ashtin Von’Dre Spearman, 21, of Beaumont was indicted for aggravated assault for an incident that occurred April 5.
- John James Cook, 19, of Beaumont was indicted for burglary of a habitation for an incident that occurred April 2, 2019.
- Diana Cogbill, 38, of Orange was indicted for possession of a controlled substance, methadone, for an incident that occurred Jan. 20.
- Tracy Lynn Boyett, 54, of Beaumont was indicted for assault on a peace officer for an incident that occurred March 16.
- Bang Van Nguyen, 52, of Port Arthur was indicted for possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, for an incident that occurred Sept. 15.