BEAUMONT, Texas — A 20-year-old Port Arthur woman has been sentenced to three years on probation and a fine for hiding the suspect in a December 2023 homicide.
Lexie Bennett, 20, of Port Arthur, was sentenced to a 3-year probated sentence Monday morning by Judge Raquel West in Jefferson County's 252nd District Court. Bennet, who must also pay a $500 fine, pleaded guilty to the 3rd degree felony charge on August 19, 2024.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above was first broadcast on February 15, 2023.)
Her boyfriend, Dyllion Garner, 22, of Port Arthur, is under indictment and awaiting trial for the fatal December 2023 shooting of Angela Davidson, 40, of Port Arthur, according to file stories.
Police charged that Bennet drove Garner away from the crime scene at a Port Arthur apartment complex in an effort to help him hide from police, according to file stories.
Bennet was also ordered by Judge West to have no contact with Garner other than only what pertains to the child they have together.
Garner was indicted in February 2024 on a manslaughter charge for the December 2023 homicide.
Jefferson County deputies arrested Garner and Bennet on February 15, 2024.
Around 8 p.m. December 11, 2023, at the Heatherbrook Apartments in the 8000 block of Heatherbrook Trail, witnesses told 12News crew at the scene that they heard shots fired from outside the fence and a woman, who turned out to be Davidson, was hit by a bullet at an apartment complex.
The trajectory of the bullets showed that the gun had been fired from the Heatherbrook Park, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Officers found shell casings and were able to obtain a video of the suspect vehicle, a silver 2007 Nissan Maxima. Surveillance video showed Garner getting into the vehicle and driving to the park, according to the affidavit.
The video showed that the vehicle drove back to the apartment complex after the shots were fired, the affidavit states.
Garner admitted to police that only he and his girlfriend drive the vehicle and that he was at the location of the shooting.
The affidavit states that Garner admitted that he drove to the park to shoot a gun and then went back to his apartment complex.
Garner claimed at the time that he did not pull the trigger and that the shots were fired into the ground, according to the affidavit.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.