The trial date for a former Ocean Springs school bus driver accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old student has been pushed back. Sergio Sandoval was set to appear in court today, but his appearance is now scheduled for November 17th.…
A Louisiana man will serve 25 years in prison for sexual battery of a woman leaving a bachelorette party in October 2015. According to District Attorney Joel Smith, 37-year-old Fredrick Bliss was found guilty after a two day trial in…
A Long Beach couple is facing charges after their five-month-old was brought to the hospital extremely malnourished. According to the Long Beach Police Department, 29-year-old Lee Anderson and 27-year-old Kase Wilson are charged with child deprivation of necessaries with substantial…
Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office held a news conference in Gulfport this morning to release new information about an international drug trafficking investigation. The first case started with a traffic stop here in Mississippi in 2013. That stop led…
A Biloxi-based physician was charged today for his role in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE, the health care benefit program serving our nation’s military, veterans, and their respective family members. U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, FBI Special Agent in…
On August 20th, police say an Ocean Springs residence was burglarized by four black males in the south Railroad Street area of Ocean Springs. The crime was caught on video showing the suspects armed with hand guns. Police allege the…
Biloxi police are asking for the public’s assistance to identify this person who is wanted for questioning in reference to a vehicle burglary. The incident occurred on October 1st at 3 a.m. in the 2000 block of Ivy Court in…
Two Moss Point juveniles are behind bars after police say one robbed a man at gunpoint. Sheriff Mike Ezell says the victim was walking on Jeffrey Street when 17-year-old Azavier Baker asked to use his phone. When the victim went…
GULFPORT,MS – District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that 32 year-old Michael Anthony Gros was convicted by a jury of the unlawful touching of a child for lustful purposes after a two-day trial at the Harrison County Courthouse late yesterday.…
The Louisiana Supreme Court says it won’t hear an appeal from a man convicted of killing a French Quarter dancer and dismembering her body. All seven justices initialed the action sheet, denying the request from Terry Speaks, who is serving…
Today, the Department of Justice held a press conference in Washington, D.C. regarding federal authorities announcing charges Tuesday against two Chinese nationals. Forty-year-old Xiao-Bing Yan and 38-year-old Jian Zhang were charged in the federal districts of Mississippi and North Dakota…
A man suspected of killing or wounding people in Mississippi, New Mexico, and Kansas has been sentenced in Kansas. Alex Deaton was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution for shooting a Pratt…
This afternoon a mistrial was declared in the case of a Mississippi man charged with burning a woman to death. Jurors initially said they found Quinton Tellis not guilty of capital murder in the death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers. However,…
The man charged with burning a Mississippi woman to death told an FBI agent he was miles away buying a debit card when she was set on fire. That agent, Dustin Blount, testified Thursday in the trial of Quinton Tellis…
A doctor says 19-year-old Jessica Chambers who was found alive with severe burns in Mississippi, but later died from her injuries suffered so much damage to her mouth, throat and chest that she would have had trouble clearly saying words.…
Authorities say a Mississippi man who is accused of having nearly $15,000 worth of marijuana products in his home has been arrested. Authorities say 40-year-old Homer Russel Smith was arrested Monday and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to…
A bank robber is still on the run after getting away with some cash at the Hancock Bank on Denny Avenue. According to Captain Doug Adams, a white male entered the bank and slipped the teller a note demanding money.…
Jackson County authorities are looking for a woman who they say has stolen nearly a thousand dollars’ worth of eye glasses. Jackson County investigators say this woman entered the Eye Village on Washington Avenue in St. Martin on October 5th…
Ten people are facing hazing charges in the death of LSU student Maxwell Gruver. The 18-year-old freshman died after a night of drinking during pledge activities at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity last month. Fraternity members found Gruver lying on…
The trial of a man charged with burning a 19-year-old Mississippi woman to death nearly three years ago is set to begin today. Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in the trial of 29-year-old Quentin Tellis in Batesville, Mississippi about 50…
One man is dead after an officer involved shooting in Biloxi this morning. Officers responded to a shoplifting call at the Home Depot on Cedar Lake Road shortly before 8 a.m. After receiving a suspect and vehicle description, officers spotted…
One man is in the hospital after being shot at an apartment complex in Gulfport. Police now have the suspect in custody. Around 11 a.m. police responded to a reported shooting at the William Bell Apartments on 65th Avenue. Officials…
Jury selection is set to start in the case of a Mississippi teen who was set on fire and left to die. A badly-burned Jessica Chambers was found alongside her car in northern Mississippi in December 2014. The 19-year-old died…
Pascagoula Police Department is investigating a bank robbery that occurred Friday afternoon October 6, 2017 at 5:11 p.m. at the Hancock Bank located 3939 Denny Ave in Pascagoula. A lone white male approached the teller and handed them a note…