The Olive Branch Police Chief says Mississippi State Senator Chris Massey has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault after a fight in a subdivision. Chief Don Gammage tells the Associated Press that Massey is accused of hurting another person…
Gulfport police have arrested Merlin Williams after officials say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend several times. Officials say that the victim was involved in an argument with Williams. During the argument, Williams pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim multiple…
Contractor Sean H. Anthony will spend the next six months confined to his home with an electronic device. In federal court today, U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett sentenced Anthony to six months of house arrest and three years of probation…
A woman is behind bars this morning for aggravated domestic assault after a Fourth of July stabbing. Police arrested 19-year-old Jamia Parker of Biloxi after a stabbing took place on Haise Street. The victim was taken to a local hospital…
A federal judge has sentenced contractor Sean H. Anthony to six months of house arrest and three years of probation for his role in the Harrison County Utility Authority scandal. Anthony pleaded guilty in March of 2015 to offering everything…
A Biloxi man is behind bars and another in the hospital following a shooting over the weekend. 34-year-old "Tremaine Lonberger" is charged with attempted murder after a shooting police say took place on Bayview Ave shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday. The…
On July 1, 2016, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 25 year old Michael Phillip Peden, of Gulfport, on the charge of 1st Degree Murder. The arrest was the result of an investigation into a shooting reported at approximately 3:35 a.m.…
The main question on resident’s minds at the Gulf Mist Apartments: who was the 30-year-old man shot and killed at their complex? According to Jamie Hatcher, the manager of the complex, Christopher Jerome Smith did not live at Gulf Mist.…
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove tells News 25 he is on the scene of a homicide investigation at the Gulf Mist Apartment Complex in Gulfport. Reporter Laurene Callander is en route to the scene and will have live reports throughout…
Executions could soon be back in the state of Mississippi. Recently, the fifth circuit court of appeals denied re-hearing a case challenging a drug the state plans to use in lethal injections. Now, State Attorney General Jim Hood could be…
Former state senator Tommy Robertson has been sentenced to ten years in prison by Special Judge Richard McKenzie in Jackson County Circuit Court on embezzlement charges. Robertson will serve two years for embezzling over $379,000 of a $484,000 construction loan…
A hearing for the man accused in the 2014 burning death of Jessica Chambers is being delayed. Quinton Tellis was scheduled to have a hearing July fifth, but his attorneys report it will be pushed back due to a scheduling…
Gulfport police need your help gathering any information you may have on a shooting that reportedly happened Sunday morning. Officers responded to the area of 20th Street after someone called in saying shots were fired. When they arrived, they found…
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward for information that can lead to the capture of a man who escaped the Hinds County Jail in Raymond. Authorities are still searching for 29-year-old Malcolm Jamal Landfair. Landfair escaped the jail…
The man accused of killing a Gulfport man two years ago entered a guilty plea today. William King entered a guilty plea this morning in Gulfport. Back in February of 2014, a medical call was sent out from a residence…
Early this morning, one man led law enforcement across three counties on a high speed chase. Henry Michael Griffith of Vancleave was arrested this morning on charges of felony eluding. Biloxi police were called to the area of a marina…
The male driver of that car is now in custody. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell tells News 25, it started in Biloxi over an hour ago and traveled through Jackson County and eventually ended on Highway 57 in George County.…
A manhunt continues in Jackson County after authorities say a man jumped into Davis Bayou to flee from a traffic stop. According to Ocean Springs Police Captain William Jackson, 34-year-old Jason Aldrich was stopped by the University of Southern Miss…
Mississippi police say a mother who allegedly abandoned her three children on the side of a highway this week has surrendered to authorities. The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office says Keyundra Peels faces one count of felony child abandonment and two…
Two capital murder suspects have escaped from the Hinds County Jail. The escapees are "Gerome Montreal Moore" and "Malcol Jamal Landfair". They were last seen during a routine head count at 4 a.m. and were discovered missing shortly after. Moore…
Gulfport Police Sergeant Damon McDaniel tells News 25 18 year old Juwan Johnson has been arrested in Lake County, Florida. Johnson was wanted in the June 8 killing of 21 year old Stanton Saunders. Police say Johnson shot Saunders in…
The family of a recent murder victim says they’re hoping for not just justice, but change after Gulfport police identified a suspect this afternoon. Eighteen-year-old Juwan Johnson is wanted for the shooting of 21-year-old Stanton Saunders of Gulfport. The shooting…
Gulfport officials are prepared to put a stop to the spike in crime around their city. District Four Supervisor Kent Jones and Gulfport Councilwoman Ella Holmes Hines will be holding a town hall meeting tomorrow night at 6 pm. The…
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announces an end to the active federal and state investigation into the 1964 murders of three civil rights volunteers in Neshoba County. At a press conference this morning hood said investigators have concluded there are…