The 9th Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Luis Torres. He is serving a 20-year sentence for
intoxication manslaughter that killed Beaumont police officer Sheena Yarbourgh-Powell in August of
2020. Torres, whose blood alcohol content was more than two times the legal limit, was driving the
wrong way on Cardinal Drive, near MLK, when he hit a Beaumont police unit head-on killing Officer
Yarbough-Powell and injuring Officer Gabriel Fells.