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Man brought to Southeast Texas jail on trespass charge dies

A 33-year-old man brought to a Southeast Texas county jail on trespassing charges died shortly after arriving.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the man passed out before he was processed into the county jail in Beaumont on Saturday, medical personnel began life-saving measures and an ambulance was summoned. Authorities say the man, whose name hasn’t been released, couldn’t be revived.

An autopsy has been ordered and the sheriff’s office and police in nearby Port Arthur are investigating.

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