A federal grand jury in Beaumont has indicted a Beaumont man for being a felon in possession
of a firearm. 30-year old Taylor Graham Cozart was involved in a motorcycle accident this past
July. Drugs and a firearm were found in a backpack he possessed. He was a convicted felon
prohibiting him from possessing a firearm. The motorcycle he wrecked was stolen. He faces
up to 10 years in federal prison for possessing the gun.
A Florida woman arrested for hauling drugs through southeast Texas has been indicted by a
federal grand jury. 41-year old Shenita Denise Peterson was pulled over on a traffic stop on
I-10 in Beaumont this past August. 45 individual kilograms of cocaine were concealed inthe
door panels of her vehicle. She faces up to life in federal prison if convicted.
A Beaumont man faces up to 20 years in federal prison for bank robbery. 29-year old Clarence
Richard Griffin is charged with robbing the Beaumont Community Credit Union on MLK
Parkway on August 8th. A tracking device in the bag the teller placed the money in led police
to Griffin. Griffin was indicted yesterday.