The six-year-old boy who was shot this evening has died. According to Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove, Zaylan Sparkman was pronounced dead at 7:12 tonight. Gulfport Police Department responded to a shooting victim at the 3600 block of Sabine Street…
Gulfport police department investigating a shooting involving a six-year-old boy, who was shot in the stomach and transported to a local hospital. No suspect at large. Investigation ongoing.
It’s been a week since a Harrison County deputy was shot and the case remains unsolved. In an effort to bring transparency to the investigation, Sheriff Troy Peterson says multiple agencies, including the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Biloxi…
A Gulfport man is sentenced to 32 years in federal prison for armed robbery. According to the Department of Justice, this sentencing comes after 32-year-old Joseph Towner Jr. pled guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime…
Biloxi police are looking for these men in reference to multiple burglaries of vehicles. The incidents occurred at the Days Inn on Beach Boulevard. Police responded to a complaint of multiple vehicle burglaries in the parking lot. Surveillance footage of…
It’s been a week since a Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputy was targeted near the intersection of 605 and Highway 67 and still the culprit roams freely. As the deputy remains on administrative leave spending time to recover, Mississippi Coast Crime…
An Ocean Springs couple is behind bars for having an inappropriate relationship with a juvenile. The Gautier Police Department received information that 40-year-old Cory Skalla and his wife Ariel Skalla of Ocean Springs were having a sexual relationship with a…
An Ocean Springs woman is behind bars for sexual battery of a juvenile. The Ocean Springs Police Department received a complaint from a parent of a 15-year-old boy who said their son was having a sexual relationship with an adult…
Harrison County investigators say a man is facing federal drug charges after heroin was found in a Gulfport hotel room. Sheriff Troy Peterson says 40-year-old Archie Alexander of Gulfport was arrested on federal charges of possession of heroin with the…
It’s back to square one for the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department in finding the suspect who shot a deputy on Friday. Sheriff Troy Peterson tells News 25 that both persons of interest related to the shooting have been cleared. Officials…
A Mississippi judge is still denying bail to one of three teenagers charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a six-year-old boy. Madison County Circuit Judge Bill Chapman denied the request made today by 17-year-old Dwan Wakefield who…
A former Hancock County Justice Court employee is facing criminal charges after special agents with the state auditor’s office say she embezzled thousands of dollars. Dana Sue Beaman was arrested Friday on the charges of embezzlement and making false entries…
Investigators seek the public’s help in locating a man wanted for shooting a Harrison County deputy on Friday. Authorities have spent the past several days piecing together evidence and following leads from the community. The deputy was sitting inside of…
A Harrison County Sheriff’s Department deputy has been shot and injured, but his injuries do not appear to be life threatening. It happened after 11 am today about a quarter mile south of the intersection at Highway 605 and Highway…
Scotty Street, the man found guilty for murdering a retired Lucedale teacher in December 2014, will spend the rest of his life behind bars without parole. The sentencing comes as a result of Street’s trial which ended this afternoon in…
A Gulfport man sits behind bars after pleading guilty to a DUI that severely injured a woman in 2015. William Horner was sentenced to 25 years with 18 years to serve. In June 2015, Horner crashed head on with Bethanie…
Scotty Street, the man found guilty for murdering a retired Lucedale teacher in December 2014, will spend the rest of his life behind bars without parole. The sentencing comes as a result of Street’s trial which ended this afternoon in…
The Wiggins Police Department is currently seeking information on the identity and whereabouts of two suspects who burglarized a vehicle and then used the victim’s credit card at several local businesses on Monday. The suspects were seen possibly in a…
The Gulfport Police Department is requesting help locating the suspects involved in shooting into an occupied dwelling. Around midnight, the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 2600 block of Wanda Place for a shooting into a building with people inside.…
After being found guilty for the 2014 murder of 55-year-old Frankie Fairley, a school teacher and mother of 13, Scotty Street is awaiting his sentencing. Today, the court heard testimonies from psychiatrists, including claims that street had suffered from a…
Thirty-nine year-old Scotty Street is guilty of murdering 55-year-old Frankie Fairley and then stealing her van on December 9th, 2014. The capital murder trial has moved into the sentencing phase in Jackson County Court. An autopsy showed the retired Lucedale…
For your crime of the week, Ocean Springs investigators are looking for a man wanted for commercial burglary after he was caught on camera robbing the Crawfish House on Government Street. The suspect was able to make entry into the…
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell spoke of the summer months being a time when people could be more susceptible to letting their guards down. Whether or not that’s true, it does seem as though car burglars are striking all across…
The Biloxi Police Department is asking the public’s help identifying two suspects in reference to multiple car burglaries. The incidents occurred at the Golden Nugget Casino on July 2nd. Surveillance video shows two young white males walking throughout the parking…