Crime

Mother, Daughter Embezzlement Charges

A Gulfport woman and her daughter are behind bars, charged with embezzling money using a casino player’s card. Forty-two year-old Alicia Harrison was arrested after the Golden Nugget’s security team’s investigation showed she had been altering player’s cards and giving…

Bond Hearing for Nathan McCrory

Bond for the Jackson County man accused of abusing his three-year-old son is set at $100,000. Nathan McCrory will also be on house arrest with a curfew of 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. He will have to wear an alcohol…

Bond Set for Man Accused of Abusing Three-Year-Old Son

Bond for the man accused of abusing his three-year-old is set for $100,000. Nathan McCrory faces charges of felony child abuse and marijuana cultivation. His son, Zander Saucier, suffered 30 injuries back in April that McCrory’s attorney says he sustained…

Search For Stolen Boat

The Biloxi Police Department wants to know if you have seen this boat here. The boat is a 2005 model 22 Foot Larson with an image of snoopy water skiing air-brushed on the side. It was taken from a storage…

Bond Hearing For Nathan McCrory

News 25's Laurene Callander tell us about the bond hearing for Nathan McCrory the man accused of severely beating his three year old son Zander appears in Jackson County Court today.

Police Shot During Protest in Dallas

Multiple officers were shot during protests in downtown Dallas. An officer on the scene confirmed that at least three to six officers were shot, but their conditions are unknown. The shooting happened just before 9 p.m. as the protests were…

Tellis Charged for Second Murder in Monroe, Louisiana

A man facing charges of burning a 19-year-old Mississippi woman to death in 2014 is now being accused in the 2015 death of a University of Louisiana-Monroe graduate student. Monroe Police Detective Chris Bates says a warrant for first degree…

Mississippi Senator Arrested for Assault

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…

Aggravated Domestic Assault Arrest

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…

Sean H. Anthony Sentenced

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…

Aggravated Domestic Assault

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…

Sean H. Anthony Sentenced

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…

Charged With Attempted Murder

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…

Arrest Made in Shooting at Gulf Mist Apartments

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.…

Man Shot and Killed in Gulfport

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.…

Homicide Investigation Underway in Gulfport

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…

State Executions Could Return To MS

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…

State Senator Sentenced to Jail

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…

Hearing Delayed For Quinton Tellis

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…

Reported Shooting In Gulfport

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…

Reward for Information on Escaped Inmate

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…

William King Enters A Guilty Plea

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…

Vancleave Man Arrested for Felony Eluding

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…

Car Chase Though Jackson County

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.…