Police arrest suspect in carjacking of security guard outside KFDM/Fox 4 studio
BEAUMONT TX January 14, 2022
A security officer on duty outside the FOX 4, KFDM studios was assaulted, robbed, and then carjacked, police said.
Police responded to a 911 call for help shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Police said that a security officer was in the KFDM/Fox 4 parking lot at 2955 IH-10 when he was attacked.
When officers arrived, they were advised that a man had approached the security officer who was in her vehicle in the parking lot. The suspect displayed a handgun and demanded the security officer’s vehicle.
Then, at 2:19 a.m., Beaumont Police responded to a disturbance at the Red Roof, 2310 IH-10. While officers were in route, it was learned that the suspect in the disturbance had left and parked in the 4600 block of Washington.
Officers responded to that location and found the stolen vehicle from the Channel 6 Aggravated Robbery. However, the suspect had left on foot. Officers were able to view surveillance video at the Red Roof Inn and identify the suspect.
At 3:49 a.m., a Beaumont police officer located the suspect at the Howard Johnson motel, 1610 IH-10.
The suspect was identified as Marshall Thomas Miller, 37. Miller was transported to the police station where detectives interviewed him. He was also found to be in possession of evidence linking him to the Aggravated Robbery at Channel 6 and he was positively identified by the victim.
Miller was then transported to the Jefferson County Jail on charges of Aggravated Robbery and Resisting Arrest.
