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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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"]
Authorities are investigating a double stabbing at Pine Tree Apartments off Hwy 90 on Hospital Street in Pascagoula at 11:30 this morning. Authorities say it was a home invasion. There are two suspects, one suspect is deceased and the other…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Biloxi, Mississippi – District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that Krystal Gonzales was sentenced at the Harrison County Courthouse for the crime of first degree arson after pleading guilty during the second day of her jury trial last week. Circuit…
On March 23, 2016 the Mississippi State Crime Lab in Jackson, Mississippi conducted an autopsy on Donta Lashawn Banks. The cause of death was determined to be from a gunshot to the head. The complete results of the autopsy are…
A new twist in a Jackson County murder investigation, deputies say the car the two suspects crashed into a Biloxi house last night belonged to the victim. Thirty-six year-old Rita Johnston and 35-year-old Hubert Anderson have been charged with capital…
New developments this afternoon about the homicide investigation in which the body of a man was found on a dirt road in the St. Andrews community of Jackson County Tuesday morning. Two have been charged with capital murder: Rita Johnston…
The vehicle linked with the early morning Jackson County homicide crashed into a Biloxi home and caught fire. News 25’s Kendra Turley has the details. Earlier today, the Biloxi Police Department received word from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office about…