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A high school student in Polk County faces possible charges after a bomb threat Thursday in Dallardsville.

Around 3 p.m. on Thursday, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to Big Sandy ISD in reference to the threat made by a high school student.

Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives immediately began to investigate the incident. The student was interviewed, along with school staff and the student’s parents.

After a thorough investigation, detectives deemed the threat not credible and the subject is being transported to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, where the student will be magistrated by a judge and seen by Juvenile Probation for possible charges.

At this time, there is no continued or credible threat or danger to the school, students or school staff associated with this investigation.

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A Corrigan man drowned Wednesday while attempting to retrieve items from his vehicle that was one of multiple vehicles in high water near the Piney Creek Road area, Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace said.

The body of Roy Beauchamp, 74, was found in swift water around midnight and retrieved, Wallace said.

The sheriff’s office received a 911 call from someone reporting multiple vehicles stranded in high water near Piney Creek Road, Wallace said.

“It was quickly learned that a 74-year-old male from Corrigan, Texas, was missing after attempting to return to his vehicle to retrieve some items,” he said, adding that several agencies joined in the search for the missing man.

“Our prayers go out to the family of Mr. Beauchamp,” Wallace said.

Funeral services for Beauchamp are slated for 2 p.m. Jan. 30 at the First Baptist Church of Corrigan. Interment will follow in the Union Springs Cemetery. The family will welcome friends and loved ones from noon until the service starts at 2 p.m. Carroway Funeral Home of Lufkin is in charge of arrangements.

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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating several felony incidents where an unknown person or persons, between the dates of November 2023 and January 2024, have been cutting fiber optic lines above ground near State Highway 146 South and U.S. Highway 59 South.

The fiber optic lines contain copper, which can be stripped and sold to scrap yards. Theft of copper, aluminum, bronze or brass is an automatic felony charge in the State of Texas (Texas Penal Code 31.03. Theft).

Polk County Sheriff Bryon Lyons asks that any person with knowledge of these incidents contact Lieutenant Craig Finegan with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division at 936-329-9028. Tips may also be submitted anonymously at p3tips.com, the P3 App or call Polk County Crime Stoppers, at 936-327-STOP, where tipsters can remain anonymous and may collect a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.

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By Emily Banks Wooten
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Additional warrants have been issued and arrests made in conjunction with the investigation into the Jan. 2 shooting at a residence in Kickapoo Marina Subdivision that left one dead and three wounded.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office received calls around 11:25 p.m. Jan. 2 in reference to a shooting at the residence. Detectives arrived at the location and identified the homeowners as William Kenneth Schultea, 42, and Britney Alice Campbell, 42, both of Livingston. Detectives also located a deceased male, identified as James Michael McClanhan, 50 of Livingston. A search warrant was obtained and a large quantity of narcotics were also found in the home.    

Detectives were able to determine that three males who were involved also suffered gunshot wounds. They were identified as Schultea, Derrek Monroe Hughes, 33 of Shelbyville, and David Eugene Stimmell, 50 of Trinity.  Hughes and Stimmell were located later that night and transferred to CHI St. Luke’s Hospital, although both were later transferred to out of county hospitals for further treatment. Schultea was located later that day at a residence in San Jacinto County with a single gunshot wound.  He was then also transported to an out of county hospital.

Sheriff’s Office detectives, along with assistance from the Texas Rangers Office, located several witnesses who identified many of the parties involved in this incident.

Stimmell was arrested and charged with murder, tampering with evidence and violation of a protective order. He is in the Polk County Jail on bonds totaling over $1 million. Steven Ray Davis was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and remains in the Polk County Jail on bonds totaling over $90,000. Campbell was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance but is out on a $30,000 bond.

Warrants have been issued for Schultea for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a controlled substance and for Hughes for two pardon and parole warrants, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and failure to identify fugitive.

“I would like to thank the Polk County District Attorney’s Office, Texas Rangers Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Games Wardens Dive Teams, Onalaska Police Department and the offices of Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 Terri Mayer and Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Jamie Richardson for assisting in the investigation,” Sheriff Byron Lyons said.