Gulfport Police have arrested a man charged with shooting someone earlier this month. Police say 40-year-old Elvenis Davis was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault. He was taken to Harrison County jail. His bond is set at $250,000. On…
A suspect in the May 29 armed robbery of the Raceway gas station in Moss Point has been arrested in George County. Moss Point Police say Austin Blake Butler was…
The state Supreme Court has denied a second post-conviction relief to a Gulfport man convicted in the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl in 2014. Alberto Garcia was sentenced to death in 2017 after confessing to raping and hanging…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three former police officers who were indicted by a Mississippi grand jury joked around about a Black man who died in their custody, with one of them questioning whether to call an ambulance…
A 21-year-old Gulfport man will spend 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a man during Spring Break 2021. Jacquez McCormick pleaded guilty earlier this week to shooting and killing 20-year-old Jamad Quin during Spring Break. Judge Randi…
A suspect in a murder investigation has been extradited back to Mississippi. Omar Edgardo Santiago-Lopez was brought back to Jackson County on Tuesday. He had been arrested March 16 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Santiago-Lopez is one of five suspects arrested in…
MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Mississippi. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man seen on video being pinned down and…
A Biloxi man is charged with aggravated assault after hitting another man during an argument. Police said that on May 16, officers responded to Pass Road about 9:45 a.m. in reference to assault. The 36-year-old victim reported being assaulted by…
A convenience store owner was shot to death Saturday afternoon at his business. Police Chief Brandon Ashley identified the victim as 59-year-old Rodney Davis. The shooting happened about 3 p.m. Saturday at the Cross Corner Convenience Store at the corner…
An Ocean Springs investigator said the suspect in The Scratch Kitchen and Bar shooting on May 5 was a part of a gang that is spread throughout Harrison and Jackson counties. Capt. Ryan LeMaire took the stand Friday morning in…
A traffic stop made by Hancock County Sheriff's deputies turned into a drug bust of marijuana and fentanyl. Sheriff Ricky Adam said Criminal Interdiction Agents made a traffic stop Monday on I-10 of a…
Three people were charged last week with trafficking of a minor. 39-year-old Frances Dawson of Jackson was arrested on May 1 at the CPS office, charged with two counts of procuring sexual servitude of a minor. Her bond was set…
A Moss Point man is in jail, charged with a sex crime against a female juvenile. 58-year-old Eddie Booker was arrested Thursday and is charged with touching a child for lustful purposes. He is in the Jackson County jail under…
A 24-year-old Mississippi man will spend 37 years in prison after shooting a friend in the face during a dispute outside a bar. Antonio Jamar James of Columbia pleaded guilty Monday to 2nd degree Murder in the death of Deontravies…
Biloxi Police are investigating a shooting that happened Saturday night in Woolmarket. Police said about 6:07 p.m., officers responded to the 14000 Lorraine Road in reference to a shooting. A male victim was suffering from multiple gunshots. He was taken…
Gautier Police are investigating an armed robbery Sunday night at the Shell Gas Station on Highway 90. Officers were called at 11:52 p.m. An armed male suspect entered the store, demanding money from the clerk. The suspect was wearing a…
Ocean Springs Police have made an arrest in the Friday night shooting at The Scratch Kitchen on Government Street that left six…
A 44-year-old man is charged with murder in the death of a woman at an apartment complex in Harrison County. Andrew Luckhurst of Florida was charged with 1st degree murder and violation of protection order, according to the Harrison County…
A Lucedale woman is behind bars, accused of embezzling funds from a school Parent Teacher Organization fund. George County Sheriff Keith Havard said 36-year-old Brittney Miller was arrested Wednesday. She faces one count of embezzlement. She posted bond $10,000 bond…
A Gulfport man has been arrested on charging of molesting a 14-year-old girl. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said 31-year-old Korey Michael Kozloski has been charged with one count of molesting, touching a child for lustful purposes. He was taken…
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — The last of four inmates who escaped from a Mississippi prison was found Thursday morning at a home not far from the detention center, the sheriff announced. Corey Harrison, 22, was taken into custody at…
The U.S. Marshals task force is working with Biloxi Police to locate a suspect in connection with the Black Spring Break shooting that left an officer and four other people injured. The Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force has…
Four teenagers charged in the February 24, 2020 murder of 16-year-old Madison Harris were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in her death. Jasmine Kelley, Jarvis Cook, Willow Blackmon, and Yakeshia Blackmon, all of Biloxi, were involved in Harris' death. She…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail on April 22 has been found dead at a truck stop in New Orleans, authorities announced Tuesday. A security guard patrolling the truck stop Sunday…