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From admittedly modest beginnings as a child in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, parents of Beaumont’s top FBI agent Nicole Sinegar laughed at her ambition of joining the organization. Now, the Beaumont FBI Office’s new supervisory special agent comes into the role hoping to better utilize information from the public in combating crime in her six-county area.

Sinegar said college just wasn’t at the forefront of discussions had by New Orleans teens, saying she originally thought she’d end up as a mechanic or a cosmetologist. She was taking classes in those fields when she “stumbled” into a law studies class. Upon graduating from L.E. Rabouin Career Magnet School, Sinegar became the first in her family to graduate from college. However, her triumph was followed by tragedy in her hometown, as one of the most harrowing happenings to hit the city swept through shortly thereafter. “Right after college, that’s when Hurricane Katrina happened,” she said. “I had to figure something out for my life.”

Sinegar began her FBI career working in a particularly busy bureau office – the Washington D.C. Field Office. From there, Sinegar said she actually chose her new Beaumont assignment when the bureau offered her the lead role in the Southeast Texas office, versus an offer to take a position in Las Vegas, focusing on one type of violation.

Sinegar said one of her goals as she leads the FBI office covering Hardin, Jefferson, Jasper, Liberty, Newton and Orange counties is to get the public involved in combating violent crimes against children, as well as public corruption – two areas where civilian information is imperative.