Gulfport Police has arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a robbery and shooting on Saturday night. Police say 17-year-old Akiah James Shears was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery. He was taken to the Harrison County jail.…
A Pass Christian man is accused of opening fire at a house party in Bay St. Louis, killing two teens and injuring four others. Bay…
A seventh suspect in the New Year's Eve shooting that left four dead has been arrested. Gulfport Police said 28-year-old Bobby Hands was arrested Thursday night. He was charged with drive-by shooting, a felon carrying a concealed weapon and aggravated…
A man who escaped from the Raymond Detention Center over the weekend barricaded himself in a home on Conway Road in Leake County before shooting a deputy and setting the home on fire. Leake County Sheriff Randy Atkinson said in…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail over the weekend is suspected of killing a man and stealing his pickup truck in Jackson, authorities said Tuesday. Anthony Watts, 61, was shot and killed Monday night…
A man hired as a substitute teacher at Ocean Springs Middle School has been charged with sex crimes in an investigation that began Tuesday. 21-year-old KeShawn Belcher was arrested and charged with one count of exploitation of a child and…
A Gulfport man is behind bars, charged with leaving a traffic accident in a hit-and-run. 31-year-old Jamaal Addison is charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury. He was taken to the Harrison County jail. Bond…
Two people were injured in a shooting early Wednesday morning in Gulfport, police said. Gulfport Police said officers responded to a complaint of gunfire about 2:28 a.m. in the 100 block of Carnes Street. While on scene, officers were notified…
A federal indictment unsealed Thursday accusing a former pro wrestler of misappropriating state welfare funds. Ted DiBiase Jr., 40, of Madison, along with co-conspirators John Davis, Christi Webb, Nancy New and others, allegedly obtained federal funds including The Emergency Food…
A 32-year-old Gulfport man is behind bars, accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Asante Williams turned himself in to Gulfport Police on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He is charged with statutory rape. He…
Two teens are in jail, charged with armed carjacking in Gulfport. 18-year-old Bruce Lowery was arrested and charged Wednesday. 15-year-old Antonio Harper was arrested and charged this morning. They were taken to Harrison County jail and bond was set at…
A Gulfport man is charged with capital murder in the death of a 5-year-old child. Police said 29-year-old Denzel Blakely, was arrested Monday night. He is in the Harrison County jail with no bond. The child's mother, 31-year-old Lachelle Washington,…
Ocean Springs Police are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday night about 9:30 p.m. Officers who responded found a male victim in a parking lot on DeSoto Avenue with a gunshot wound to his leg. Capt. Ryan LeMaire said the…
A man identified as the shooter in a Saturday evening shooting on Briarfield Avenue has been charged with manslaughter. 30-year-old James McMorris Jr. was charged with manslaughter. He was taken…
A Gulfport man charged with capital murder in the death of a 16-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said 20-year-old Jaquez Devonte Porter of Biloxi was convicted of capital murder Thursday…
Two men from out of state have been charged in connection to a stolen vehicle out of Louisiana. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said 19-year-old Danny Lumar of Cypress, Texas and 19-year-old Dalton Pierre of Slidell, Louisiana, were each charged…
A Pass Christian man was sentenced to 40 years in prison stemming from a 2021 road rage incident. 42-year-old Rudy Desmond Toler was sentenced last week by Judge Christopher Schmidt. Testimony in the January trial revealed that Toler threatened and…
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — Evidence shows a reserve sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man at a Mississippi church punched the victim in the face and chased him into a parking lot before shooting him and kicking him in the head,…
A Jackson County woman is behind bars, accused of trying to injure a Jackson County Sheriff's deputy when he stopped to help her with a disabled vehicle. 21-year-old Lanay Williams was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, disorderly…
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in south Mississippi on Sunday shot and killed a person who approached the deputy’s parked vehicle while holding a weapon, a state agency said. A news release from the Mississippi Department of Public…
A Gulfport man was jailed Friday charged with possession of child pornography. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said 33-year-old Charles Edward Riley Jr., was arrested after investigation began with Pass Christian and then adopted by the sheriff's office. A juvenile…
A Kiln woman is facing charges from two agencies as a result of a traffic stop Thursday night. 36-year-old Kristen Tomasich was stopped for driving with no headlights late last night. Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said officers found drugs…
Two Gulfport women and a man are behind bars, charged with breaking into a home and assaulting the victim. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said 21-year-old Larecus Coleman, 19-year-old Laquerria Williams and 34-year-old Tampila Coleman were arrested and each charged…
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson warns citizens there is a telephone scam going on citizens should beware of. Peterson said scammers are calling residents in the area, using names of employees of his office, saying the resident needs to pay…