Crime

Former MSU Employee Indicted for Embezzlement

A former Mississippi State University employee turns herself in for embezzlement. Special agents with the Office of the State Auditor determined 63-year-old Susan Holder received excessive reimbursement for travel to the tune of $35,500. Evidence shows Holder charged travel to…

Jackson County Kidnapping Arrest

A Biloxi man is behind bars and charged with kidnapping his son over the weekend. Twenty-seven year-old Billy Gray was visiting his seven-year-old son at the boy’s mother’s home in St. Martin Saturday afternoon. The mother left him in his…

Biloxi Man Charged with Striking Victim with his Car

A Biloxi man is behind bars after allegedly hitting a woman with his car and then forcing her into his vehicle. According to Biloxi police, 47-year-old Sherad Malone was booked on charges of aggravated domestic violence after a witness reportedly…

Brock Turner Registers as Sex Offender

The man many say received too lenient a sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman registers as a sex offender. This morning, Brock Turner arrived at the Greene County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio where he registered as a convicted sex…

MS Coast Doctor Trading Prescriptions

A doctor who practiced in Harrison and Jackson counties I behind bars, he's accused of exchanging prescriptions for cash and escort services.

Former Football Star Arrested

Former Biloxi High School football player Devoriae Martin is back behind bars after he failed to show up for court on multiple charges. Martin is accused of committing several crimes in 2015 including kidnapping, armed robbery and embezzlement. The former…

Bond Set for Strong Armed Robbery

Bond was set today for a man accused of committing three strong armed robberies in a 24 hour span in Jackson County. A $20,000 bond was set for 32-year-old Richard Roundtree of Ocean Springs after allegedly robbing three stores in…

Charged With Strong Armed Robbery

A robbery suspect wanted by the Jackson County Sheriff's Department is in jail after being arrested by Biloxi Police Saturday morning. A chase that began near Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs ended up in Biloxi where 32 year old Richard…

Vancleave Family Arrested

A Vancleave man is back in jail for violating his probation. His relatives are charged with trying to help him while he was on the run. Twenty-four year-old Shelby Hines is accused of violating his probation by walking away from…

Arson Investigation after Biloxi Church Fire

A Biloxi man is being held on a $50,000 bond and is charged with arson after a church fire on Oak Street. Biloxi police have arrested a man after he allegedly started a fire at the front doors of a…

Arrest Made in Biloxi Church Fire

Biloxi Patrol Officers and members of the Biloxi Fire Department responded to 171 Oak Street (Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church) in reference to a fire. A witness reported the incident after seeing a male standing near the front doors of the…

Counterfeit Money Issue in Jackson County

Law enforcers with the Jackson County Sheriff’s department say they’re getting more reports of counterfeit money changing hands and enough is enough. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell tells News 25 that businesses and individuals are reporting counterfeit money on a…

Counterfeit Money Issue in Jackson County

Investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department say they're getting more reports of counterfeit money changing hands and enough is enough. News 25’s Shelby Myers tells us what you need to know to avoid becoming the victim of a scam.

Arrests Made in Moss Point Stabbing

Two suspects are behind bars in connection to the stabbing death of Moss Point educator Willie C. Williams. Moss Point police arrested 23-year-old Lee Andrew Gipson of Moss Point and 24-year-old Kierra Shante McWilliams of Moss Point. Gipson is charged…

Bond is set for Jackson County Man Accused of Murder

Bond has been set for the Jackson County man accused of killing a man in Vancleave Monday night. Fifty-seven year-old Mose Ben Wells made his initial court appearance in Jackson County today before Judge Larry T. Wilson. The victim’s mother…

Police Save Two Lives, Arrest Arson Suspect

One person arrested and charged with arson. All thanks to the Gulfport Police Department. Gulfport police responded to a call around 10:15 Tuesday night of a burglary in progress. When two patrolmen arrived to the house on the corner of…

Axe Used In Slaughter of 5

An Alabama sheriff says the suspect in the slaughter of five adults was armed with an axe as he attacked them in their sleep, using the weapon to strike one of his first victims in a reclining chair and then…

Man Attempting To Join ISIS

A Mississippi man attempted to fly to Syria to join ISIS is scheduled to be sentenced today on terrorism charges. Muhammad Dakhlalla of Starkville pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist…

Robbery In Ocean Springs

Police are looking for a man accused of robbing Oasis Spa on Bienville Boulevard. Police say Sunday night shortly before 9; a black male was let into the business because an employee thought he wanted a massage. When he entered,…

Jackson County Man Charged with Murder

One Jackson County man is in custody charged with murder after authorities say he shot his own cousin. Jackson County Sheriff investigators say 57-year-old Mose Ben Wells shot his cousin, 41-year-old Eric Hampton, on McGregor Road in Vancleave. The victim…

Murder Suspect Extradited

The man accused of killing five people over the weekend was extradited from Mississippi to Alabama. Officials say 27-year-old Derrick Dearman entered the Citronelle home belonging to a relative of his girlfriend and murdered five people, including a pregnant woman.…

Argument Leads to Gunfire in Moss Point

An argument between two men at a Moss Point convenience store leaves one man hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The argument took place in front of the Moss Point Express on Main Street just before 1 o’clock this afternoon. According to…

Man On Bike Dead After Truck Hits Him

One person dead, another behind bars after a driver hit a man in Saint Martin. Jackson County authorities say 26 year old Jason Michael Salisbury was riding his bike on tucker road when a truck hit him around midnight Saturday.…