Crime

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,…

Stabbing Victim Identified

New details this afternoon about the home invasion Tuesday morning that resulted in a double stabbing in Pascagoula leaving one dead and another in the hospital. The man who died has been identified as 41 year old Joel Thornton of…

Suspects Stabbed in Pascagoula Home Invasion

Pascagoula police are still trying to determine what happened in a home invasion that ended in a double stabbing. Lieutenant Doug Adams says one man is dead and another is in the hospital. According to Adams, the call came in…

Search for Suspects in Pascagoula Attack

No arrests have been made in the attack that happened Friday afternoon in the Dollar Tree parking lot. Authorities say the victim says he was pistol whipped by two black males before being shot in the arm. Today, investigators are…

Suspects Stabbed in Pascagoula Home Invasion

A home invasion in Pascagoula leads to one suspect being stabbed to death and the second suspect being sent to the hospital. News 25’s Shelby Myers is following this story and has more. [mappress mapid="2607"]

Firing Squad Bill Moves Forward

A suggestion from Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood to bring back a firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection as a form to execute prisoners is one step closer to moving through the state legislature. Under the proposed bill,…

Shooting in Pascagoula

At 6:48 p.m. the Pascagoula Police Department responded to a call of a fight and shots fired at 3453 Denny Ave. Witnesses stated multiple black males in two separate vehicles approached a white male and started assaulting him. They were…

Johnston to Remain in Jail

The woman charged with capital murder in the death of a Biloxi man will remain in jail without bond. This was the judge’s decision as Rita Johnston made her initial court appearance at the Jackson County Jail today. The other…

Ocean Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

Eduardo Guillermo Diaz, 58, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, pled guilty on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to one count of mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Diaz admitted that, while operating…

Second Man Pleads Guilty in Oxford

A second man has pleaded guilty in connection to a rope being tied around the neck of the James Meredith statue at the University of Mississippi. Former Ole Miss student Austin Reed Edenfield pleaded guilty to one count of using…

Krystal Gonzales Sentencing

No one is a winner in this case. That was part of the message Judge Chris Schmidt had today as he sentenced Krystal Gonzales, the woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a multi-million dollar apartment complex in D’Iberville.…

Drugs Found at Pascagoula High School

News 25 has learned that a group of students at Pascagoula High School have been arrested on drug charges. Police Chief Kenny Johnson confirmed marijuana was found in several vehicles on Tuesday. The campus officer had called police and asked…

Gonzales gets Seven Years for D’Iberville Arson

Krystal Gonzales has been sentenced to seven years in prison and was ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for burning down an apartment building. This comes after her guilty plea last week when she admitted to starting the fire…