UPDATE: Missing Ocean Springs Woman Found
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has cancelled the Silver Alert issued earlier today. The subject of the alert has been located and is safe.
Crime
School Employee Charged With Embezzlement
A Jackson County School district employee is behind bars charged with embezzlement. 37-year old Melanie Pankonin was the vice-president of the Grid Iron Club a non-profit, which was raising money for the St. Martin high school football team. Sheriff Mike…
Arrested For Vehicle Burglary
A man was arrested for burglary of a vehicle at Big Play Family Fun Center in Biloxi Saturday night. A woman told police she walked up to her vehicle as the man identified at Thomas James vice was discovered inside,…
Burglary Suspects Arrested Woolmarket
Biloxi Police arrested two men this weekend after reports of several storage units burglarized at the store by U Storage Complex in Woolmarket. The business asked for help identifying the suspects via a Facebook post with still images of the…
Shots Fire As Kidnapping Turns Into Chase
A woman and her son are safe and a suspect is behind bars after a weekend kidnapping lead to a high speed chase and ended in gunfire in Jackson County. Authorities say a man kidnapped a woman and her son…
Authorities work on extradition for Alex Deaton
Officials are working to get Alex Deaton, the man accused of multiple crimes in the state, extradited back to Mississippi. The 28-year-old was captured in Kansas Wednesday morning after shooting a convenience store clerk and leading troopers on a high…
No bond for accused killer
A judge revoked bond for the Long Beach man accused of murdering Deverick Johnson Monday night. According to the Harrison County Jail Docket, 28-year-old James McDowell is not bondable. McDowell is accused of shooting Johnson in the head and fleeing…
Late Night Burglary Arrest
One man is behind bars after an attempted burglary in Biloxi late last night. Police say 30 year old Phillip Darryl may kicked in the front door of an apartment located in the 2400 block of beacon place. May's is…
No Bond For Accused Killer
A judge revoked bond for the Long Beach man accused of murdering Deverick Johnson Monday night. According to the Harrison County Jail Docket, 28 year old James McDowell is not bondable. McDowell is accused of shooting Johnson in the head…
Two arrested for counterfeiting
Two Texas residents are behind bars in Pass Christian for using counterfeit money. Chiquita McCollum and Shantaysia Brown were arrested during a traffic stop after a complaint from a local business they paid with counterfeit bills. It turns out the…
NATIONWIDE MANHUNT ENDS WITH MURDER SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
A nationwide manhunt is now over. 28 year old Alex Deaton is in custody after leading Kansas state troopers on a pursuit early Wednesday morning. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers attempted to stop a black Cadillac around 7:50 Wednesday morning. The…
Do you know this man? Wanted for armed robbery
Biloxi police are asking for help identifying the subject in these pictures. Authorities say he is wanted for an armed robbery which occurred near the 200 block of Porter Avenue on February 25th at 9 p.m. He is described as…
Murder suspect in custody after standoff in Gulfport
The suspect wanted in last night’s murder in Long Beach is now in custody after nearly a two and a half hour standoff with police. Gulfport police got a tip around 8 this morning that 28-year-old James McDowell was at…
Man Escapes From Police Custody In Moss Point
The Moss Point Police need the citizen’s help with locating Josephy Baker who escaped from police custody. On February 26, 2017, Josephy Baker was arrested by Moss Point Police for felony drug charges. Baker was being escorted to a patrol…
One Person Dead Following Shooting
Meantime, police are still searching for 28 year old James Wilson McDowell, wanted for murder. Police responded to the shooting on North Lang Avenue around 7:30 Monday evening. Police found the victim dead of a gunshot wound. The identity of…
Arrested For Accessory After The Fact
Two people are behind bars and police are searching for one more after a person was shot dead in long beach last night. 29 year old Michael Taylor and 29 year old Charity McDowell are both charged with accessory after…
TWO IN CUSTODY, ONE SOUGHT IN LONG BEACH HOMICIDE
Two people are in custody and police are searching for one more in Monday night's homicide in Long Beach. Long Beach police responded to the shooting on North Lang Avenue around 7:30 Monday night. Police found the victim, 25 year…
Manhunt on for double murder suspect
Reward money leading to the arrest of Rankin County murder suspect Alex Bridges Deaton has been increased to $22,500. Deaton is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Friday, around 5 a.m., the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a…
Nationwide Manhunt For Mississippi Man
A nationwide search is still on for a man wanted for murder and aggravated assault. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation Spokesman Warren Strain says the suspect, 28-year-old Alex Bridges Deaton, is the boyfriend of 30-year-old Heather Robinson, who was found dead…
Charged With Burglary Of A Dwelling
A Biloxi man was arrested this morning charged with burglary of a dwelling. Police say officers made contact with 37 year-old Charles Wayne Tharpe around 11 a.m. in the 10 hundred block of Irish Hill Drive. He was found to…
Missing Three Year Old Found Safe
The three year old Gulfport girl who went missing last night has been found safe Gulfport Police Public Information Officer Josh Bromen says officers obtained new information last night revealing the incident involving three year old Taniya Edwards was a…
California murder suspect arrested on the Coast
A California man wanted by Sacramento police for a triple homicide in October was arrested on the Gulf Coast today. Jerod Watson was arrested by Biloxi police and is being held in the Harrison County Adult Detention center. News 25…
Serviceman arrested for child sex crimes
A 403rd Wing member, assigned to the 403rd security forces squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, pleaded guilty on child sex crimes Wednesday and was convicted under the uniform code of military justice. Thirty-one year-old Staff Sergeant James McGriff was…
Suspect Named In Armed Robbery Case
We have an update to the Wiggins Armed Robbery that took place last month. Investigators with Wiggins Police along with the Harrison County Sheriif's Office, and the Biloxi Police Department identified Gordon McDonald as a suspect in the armed robbery…