Felony Arrests In Angelina County March 21 – 29

Last week, when I was looking at the arrests in Angelina County, I thought it was strange that none of the recent felony arrests had photos. I had conjectured that they were trying something new that might keep mugshots for low-level crimes off of places like Busted.

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This platform posts mugshots right to Facebook; they use crawlers and an automation algorithm to auto-post the photos of anyone arrested to the page. If the jail wanted to stop that, they could wait as little as a couple of days to put the mugshots up, and the photos would all be blank since it was automatic. 

All of that conjecture was just that, and it seems they were just adding a new accessibility feature to the Angelina County Jail Inmate Roster. This week things are back to normal, and recently arrested people are now on the site again.

Car Thief That Smashed Up Beards Jewlers And Texas Coin Back In Jail

Trampus Lee Smith is back in the Angelina County Jail for possibly the first time since his arrest after a car stealing rampage in 2014. According to The Lufkin Daily News, he led officers on a chase around Lufkin and Diboll.

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In a stolen Toyota Corolla, he smashed through Beard's Fine Jewelers and then headed for Texas Coin downtown. A high-speed chase with speeds of over 120 MPH between Lufkin and Diboll ended when officers spiked the tires. Surveillance linked him to a prior car theft, a smashed liquor store, and a stolen Mercedes.

His signature white cowboy hat could have been the evidence that gave him away. Now he is back behind bars for similar crimes.