Crime

Long Beach Man Guilty of Secretly Videotaping a Woman

District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that a Harrison County jury returned a guilty verdict late last night against Matthew Pierce, for secretly filming a woman in violation of her expectation of privacy. Pierce, a 27 year old Long Beach…

UPDATE: One dead in Gulfport shooting

One man is dead as a result of Wednesday night's shooting off Highway 49. Harrison County coroner Gary Hargrove tells News 25, 54 year old Mitchell Weathersby has died of a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at…

Twelve Behind Bars in Hancock County Drug Roundup

Twelve people are now behind bars as a result of two drug busts in Hancock County. The Hancock County Narcotics Division executed search warrants on Tigris Street in Bay St. Louis and Orange Street in the Springwood community. Agents discovered individual…

Gulfport Teen Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Assault

District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that Jabari Thompson, age 19, of Gulfport, pled guilty this week to Aggravated Assault in the Harrison County Courthouse. After accepting his plea, Circuit Court Judge Christopher Schmidt ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set…

Animals Rescued from Deplorable Conditions

Thirty animals are in safe hands after Gulfport police and the Humane Society seized them from living in filth. One man is in custody facing over 50 charges in what Humane Society representatives say appears to have been a puppy…

Man Charged with Kiln Toddler’s Death

An arrest has been made in the death of a Hancock County toddler who died Sunday due to head trauma. Police believe the man who did it is the mother's boyfriend. News 25's Kristen Durand talks to the family of…

Bond Denied For Dexter Kelley

Dexter Kelley will be held in jail without bond as he awaits a preliminary hearing for the murder of his teenage cousin. Nineteen-year-old Kelley made his initial appearance in Jackson County Court this morning. He’s facing a first-degree murder charge.…

Man Charged with Capital Murder in Death of Hancock County Toddler

On March 31, 2016, Maddox Viergge, 16 months of age suffered fatal head injuries.  Medical evidence indicates the victim’s injuries are consistent with abusive head trauma.  On April 4, 2016, Charles Connetti III was arrested and charged with Capital Murder. …

Two People Killed in Kenner, Louisiana

Police are investigating the shooting deaths of a New Orleans area couple. Police say 28-year-old Dawn Scott and 31-year-old Raynell Kimbrough were found this morning shot multiple times in the bedroom of their Kenner apartment. According to police, an infant…

Bourbon Street Shooter Gets 60 Years

Bourbon street shooter 22-year-old Trung Le has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a gunfight that killed one and left nine injured on the famous New Orleans street back in June of 2014. Le was…

Gulfport House Destroyed In Fire

One Gulfport church pastor is counting his blessings today after he began the morning thinking his church was on fire. Pastor Ken Braxton was driving near Progressive Baptist Church when he saw smoke over the building. When he pulled up,…

Reports Of Shots Fired at Edgewater Mall

Biloxi police are continuing an investigation into reports of gun shots fired Saturday night near Edgewater Mall. Officers responded to the west parking lot of the mall shortly after seven p.m. Witnesses reported hearing four gunshots, but officials say no…

Arrest Made in Vancleave Teen Murder

Investigators believe a 16-year-old Vancleave boy was killed by his 19-year-old cousin. Cliff Allyn’s cousin, 19-year-old Dexter Kelly, has been arrested and charged with murder. Allyn was reported missing Wednesday afternoon when he didn’t return home from playing basketball with…

BREAKING: Arrest made in Vancleave teen's murder

The Jackson County Sheriff's Department has made an arrest in the murder of missing Vancleave teenage Cliff Allyn. 19 year old Dexter Mandoza Kelly was arrested and charged with murder. On March 30, 2016, the Sheriff's Department received a call…

Community Addresses Crime

A group of people fed up with crime they say is plaguing the Gulf Coast met tonight to address the issues. They say the answers won't be found in a jail cell. Mass incarceration and drugs are just a few…

Suspect in Waveland Barber College Shooting Caught in Las Vegas

Leif Dasco 28 years old, the suspected shooter at the Barber College in Waveland on 01-11-2016, has been arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. The arrest stemmed from a traffic stop there and he was arrested without incident. The Waveland Police…

No Bond for Man Charged with Jackson County Murder

On 31 March 2016, Hubert Patrick Anderson, was brought before Judge T. Larry Wilson on the Charge of Capital Murder 97-3-21(3). Mr. Anderson was denied bond on the Capital Murder Charge consistent with state law. Mr. Anderson will remain in…

Insufficient Evidence in Samurai Sword Killing

An Ocean Springs man accused of killing his neighbor by stabbing him with a samurai sword is no longer facing charges after a Jackson County grand jury ruled there was insufficient evidence. Johnny Romero, who was 18 at the time,…

Pascagoula Stabbing was Result of a Drug Deal Gone Bad

On March 29, 2016 at approximately 11:34 hours the Pascagoula Police Department received a disturbance call to 3502 Hospital Road Tall Pine Apartments #30. Officers arrived and could not find the disturbance. After speaking with people in the parking lot,…