PA man charged with violent acts, robbery
Published 5:43 pm Thursday, May 2, 2019
Staff report
BEAUMONT — A 20-year-old Port Arthur man was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas on Thursday.
Jamon Roshaud Brooks was named in a two-count indictment charging him with Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on May 1, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The indictment alleges that on Dec. 21, 2018, Brooks brandished a firearm while robbing a business located at 2150 Stillwater Drive in Beaumont, which affected interstate commerce in violation of the Hobbs Act.
If convicted, Brooks faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the robbery and seven years consecutive for brandishing a firearm.
The game room is just outside Nederland city limits, and according to an archive story, Brooks was one of three men who entered the game room at around 4:30 a.m. that morning, robbed the owner of an undisclosed amount of cash and assaulted him.
The suspects reportedly ran to a black, four-door Nissan Versa and fled on U.S. 69, but the owner chased them while talking with authorities on a cell phone. The owner said the suspects shot at him while he was chasing them.
An off-duty deputy, who was working a job, located the suspects and gave chase until they wrecked their vehicle at Saxe Street. Brooks was arrested at the scene and was also booked at the Jefferson County Correctional Center on warrants related to two burglaries in Port Arthur.
This federal case is being investigated by the Beaumont Police Department, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Port Arthur Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell James.
It is important to note that a complaint, arrest, or indictment should not be considered as evidence of guilt and that all persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.