Kirbyville Police Chief Paul Brister said Tuesday that the investigation into a recent store robbery is continuing, but so far there have been no leads in the case.
It happened shortly before 10:00 on the night of Thursday, May 13th at the Citgo convenience store on the northeast corner of Highway 96 and East Main Street.
According to Brister, a white male brandishing a knife robbed the clerk and then fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. The clerk was not injured.
Kirbyville Police Chief Paul Brister announced Tuesday that the department has closed an investigation and no criminal charges will be filed in relation to allegations of over disciplining by coaches at Kirbyville High School.
It began in mid-March when a parent alleged that coaches - one in particular â were abusing student-athletes in the weight room. The parent noted that the alleged abuse was not discipline for improper behavior, but rather punishment for not being able to lift enough weight or improperly lifting weight.
In a prepared statement, Brister wrote âAfter a lengthy investigation into the report of injury to a child, stemming from a complainant against personnel within the Kirbyville Consolidated Independent School District, it has been determined after close contact and conversations between the Kirbyville Police Department, the Jasper County District Attorneyâs Office, and the parents of the victim, that no criminal charges will be filed and the inves
What is going on is not clear, but what is obvious is that a large number of students within the Kirbyville Consolidated Independent School District apparently walked out Tuesday morning in protest.
The protest reportedly began when students learned that the principal of the Kirbyville High School, Holli Farias, had been fired. However, the Superintendent of Schools, Georgia Sayers, said that was not true.
Sayers said she could not discuss the matter because it involved personnel. However, she did say that no one had been terminated.
The protest, which involved an estimated 65 to 75 students of the High School, apparently began at the school on Highway 96 and then moved to the school s administration building on Main Street where many chanted Bring her back. However, the protest on Main Street broke up shortly after Kirbyville Police arrived and encouraged everyone to calm down.
Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman cut the ribbon on Friday, officially opening a new 911 dispatch facility that sports his name.
The âSheriff Mitchel Newman Law Enforcement Communication Centerâ has been built on the north side of the Sheriffâs Department, and in addition to a much larger space for dispatchers to work in, the $800,000.00 building also features a large meeting room as well as a kitchen.
Newman, along with Chief Deputy Scotty Duncan pointed out that although the building has Newmanâs name on it, the real driving force behind the project was former Chief Deputy Glenn Blank, who died in November of 2019 due to complications following a double lung transplant.
A man accused of shooting another man in Kirbyville on Monday afternoon has been released on bond from the Jasper County Jail, while the man who was shot has now been released from a hospital.
56-year-old George Hardy Manchac, of Kirbyville, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Mike Smith had set his bond at $75,000.00.
Manchac is accused of shooting 31-year-old Chase Davis in the back. It occurred next to the Dover Exxon Jiffy Market in the 400 block of Highway 96. Davis was flown to a Beaumont hospital where he underwent emergency treatment.