Dwanya Hickerson, the Navy seaman accused of killing a transgender woman over the weekend, is set to appear in court today. Hickerson was taken into custody Monday on a capital murder charge. He is accused of the robbery and stabbing…
On July 27, 2016, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 23 year old Byron Michael Fairley, of Gulfport, on the charge of Armed Robbery. Fairley’s arrest was the result of a patrol response to Bancorp South bank located at 15410 5th…
BREAKING: Gulfport Police are reporting an armed robbery at Bank Corp South on Highway 49. News 25 has a reporter headed to the scene.
A 24-year-old transgender man from Lucedale has pled guilty to sex crimes ranging all the way back to 2012. Krishna “Kris” Maroney pled guilty to six counts of sexual battery and one count of touching of a child for lustful…
A domestic dispute ended with one man in the hospital this morning. Gulfport police are still on the lookout for a man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. According to Gulfport Sergeant Damon McDaniel, authorities responded to a call…
One man is now in custody in connection to the St. Martin stabbing that left one transgender woman dead in a hotel Saturday night. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested 20-year-old Dwanya Hickerson of New Orleans at Keesler Air Force…
The City of Gulfport is now missing thousands of dollars of Christmas lights. According to Sergeant Damon McDaniel, an East Railroad Street building, which housed the lights, was burglarized three times this week. The suspect or suspects have stolen up…
An arrest has been made in connection to the St. Martin stabbing that left one transgender woman, Dee Whigham dead in a hotel Saturday night. Today, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Dwanya Hickerson of New Orleans. News 25’s Kenda…
An arrest was made in the stabbing death of a transgender person. Sheriff Mike Ezell with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office tells News 25 the suspect is being taken to the Jackson County Adult Detention Center. News 25 has a…
Sentencing has been set for the Mississippi couple who pleaded guilty to planning to travel to Syria and join ISIS last year. Sentencing will be on August 11th for Jaelyn Young, the then 20-year-old who left her parents a note…
Jackson County authorities are continuing their investigation into a homicide at a hotel over the weekend. They are looking for a man wanted for questioning in regard to the stabbing death of a transgender woman at the Best Western in…
Two people are arrested for vehicle burglary now after someone spotted them attempting to break into cars in a casino parking garage in Biloxi. Biloxi police responded to the Beau Ravage casino parking garage around 5 a.m. Sunday after receiving…
A guest was killed Saturday night at a Best Western in St. Martin. After receiving a 9-1-1 call, Jackson County officials tell News 25 they found 25- year-old Dee Whigham of Clarke County in a hotel room. Friends of the…
New pictures have surfaced in the Edgewater Mall wallet theft and Biloxi police are still asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect. The woman stole a wallet from someone at the aqua massage store at Edgewater Mall, and…
One of the former Ole Miss students accused of placing a noose around the statue of James Meredith learned his fate Thursday. Austin Reed Edenfield was sentenced to one year probation along with 50 hours community service. In federal court…
On 22 July 2016, The Biloxi Police Department arrested 25 year old Bryan Ambrosie Trosclair of Biloxi on a charge of Simple Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer. The arrest stems from an initial arrest of disorderly conduct at a…
One of the former Ole Miss students accused of placing a noose around the statue of James Meredith learned his fate today. Austin Reed Edenfield was sentenced to one year probation, along with 50 hours of community service. He was…
The death of an inmate in Green County is being treated as a homicide. Inmate Howard Payton died in the South Mississippi Correctional Institution around 8 p.m. last night. Payton was in prison for kidnapping and three counts of rape…
A Gulfport woman pleads guilty to robbing a bank back in 2014. Thirty-six year-old Lacritia Summerlin entered her plea in court this week after admitting to robbing the First Bank on Highway 49 on September 19th, 2014. A bank teller…
A judge won't consider reducing a $2.7 million bond for Jessie Lee Williams Jr., one of four people arrested in a shooting Feb. 7 at a Mardi Gras Parade in Pass Christian that left two dead. Williams was scheduled for…
A man's repeated calls to 911 warned he was coming from Texas to kill Waveland police officers. The calls came in to Hancock County central dispatch for four hours Monday night. Police arrested the man responsible at a local gas…
Miranda Duke of Pascagoula pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery from 2013. The victim was 13-years-old at the time. Judge Kathy Jackson sentenced Duke on each of the three counts of sexual battery to serve 12 years. District…
The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in identifying a person who is wanted for questioning. The Biloxi man is wanted in connection to a credit card fraud that occurred on July 10th at the Edgewater Mall. Anyone who…
News 25's Laurene Callander tells us about the effect Janaya Thompson's death even after two years.