Crime

Teen charged in Friday night Gulfport shooting

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-- A 17-year-old male is behind bars after a shooting Friday night in Gulfport. Police say it happened around 9:13 p.m. at the corner of 28th Street and Hudson Avenue. A 14-year-old boy was found at the scene…

Coast man convicted on drug charges

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Biloxi man is facing 40 years behind bars in a drug trafficking case. Fifty-five-year-old Andrew McCormick was convicted on two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent after a three-day trial in Harrison…

Man pleads guilty to assault of a Gulfport police officer

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A Petal man will spend the next two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to assaulting a Gulfport police officer in 2023. Twenty-four-year-old Corwin Joshua Wilcher pled guilty this week to felony assault on a police officer…

Wiggins man sentenced in church arson case in Stone County

WIGGINS, Miss. (WXXV)- A Wiggins man convicted last September to setting fire and vandalizing a Stone County church learned that he will spend three decades behind bars. The 30-year federal prison sentence for 37-year-old Stefan Rowold was handed down after…

Arrest made in 2024 death investigation in Moss Point

MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV)- Jackson County sheriff’s investigators have arrested a man in connection to the 2024 death of a Moss Point woman. David Mitchell is charged with one count of tampering with physical evidence and one count of desecration…

Man arrested on multiple DUI related charges in Gulfport

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- a Gulfport man is behind bars on multiple DUI charges. Thirty-nine-year-old Kymanni King has been charged with one count of aggravated DUI resulting in Death and one count of DUI causing seriously bodily injury to a child.…

Coast man’s murder conviction appeal denied

A Coast man convicted in the strangulation death of a woman in 2022 has an appeal denied by the State Court of Appeals. Pitipong Daengbunga was convicted in 2024 of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of…

Two charged for false pretense in Picayune

PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- The Picayune Police Department is sharing details about two suspects accused of attempting to withdraw money using fraudulent checks. The incident was discovered on Friday just…