PEARL, Miss. (AP) — A judge set bond Thursday for a prison guard who was arrested on charges of bringing contraband items, including methamphetamine, into Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a news release Thursday…
A key piece of information in a 30-year-old cold case has been confirmed. Now, Sheriff Mike Ezell wants to find out what happened to Kimberly Ann Funk and why she was found in the swampy area of Ward Bayou in…
Biloxi Police are in a standoff with a person who is a suspect in an aggravated assault and kidnapping. On Wednesday about 2:55 p.m., a witness called 911 to report a shooting in the 200 block of Stennis Drive. When…
A 27-year-old man is dead and Moss Point Police are asking the public's help to find those responsible. According to a press release, Devonte Carson, 27, died of gunshot wounds at Singing River Hospital on Thursday night. Officers were notified…
Moss Point is investigating the shooting of a family while they were gathered in the yard. An adult male and an 8-year-old child were shot in the incident. Moss Point Police said the incident occurred in the 4000 block of…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — Police are searching for a 17-year-old suspect in connection to a shooting that took place late Wednesday night. Gulfport Police say officers responded to a local hospital at approximately 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night after a receiving…
A Biloxi man suspected of armed robbery has been arrested by Biloxi Police. On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, Biloxi Police officers responded to the 1600 block of Pass Road, in reference to an armed robbery. Witnesses reported a suspect allegedly…
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — A 22-year-old Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to raping a teenager after her high school graduation party and to the sexual battery of a 12-year-old at his house. District Attorney Warren Montgomery said in a news…
Jackson County sheriff’s investigators are looking for a man who assaulted a St. Martin hotel manager at gunpoint and threatened his employees. Deputies were called to the Red Roof Inn on Cook Road around 6:30 Monday night, May 24th. Sheriff…
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help locating a man wanted for grand larceny. Law enforcement says Jacob Faurot is wanted on warrant for grand larceny. Faurot is described as 6’7” and 250…
A second employee with the Jackson County road crew has been charged with embezzlement in the theft of equipment from that department, Sheriff Mike Ezell said Tuesday…
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers and Pass Christian Police Department announce an increase in the reward for information about the death of Kenneth Charlot. Thanks to a Pass Christian resident, the reward has increased to up to $6,000 for information that…
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Officials say a Mississippi inmate has died several days after he was assaulted by fellow prisoners. Torrie Ellis, 40, died Thursday at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, news outlets reported. Ellis had been serving a…
The Biloxi Police Department is asking the public's help to identify the owner of a white truck who is wanted for questioning in an assault case. A press release from Biloxi PD said the assault occurred in the 800 block…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A state judge in Mississippi dismissed murder charges Thursday against two police officers accused of body-slamming and beating a Black man. The ruling by Hinds County Judge Faye Peterson ended the trial of former Jackson officers…
A man convicted and sentenced to death in the brutal beating of a Pass Christian man has been denied in his appeal in those findings. The state Supreme Court on Thursday handed down the decision to deny the appeal of…
Pascagoula Police are investigating a shooting that occurred at a motel on Tuesday morning. Police Chief Matt Chapman said in a press release that officers responded to a call about shots fired at the Payless Motel about 11:40 a.m. When…
A Harrison County homeowner caught a man allegedly trying to steal a car part and held him for deputies. Sheriff Troy Peterson said John Thomas Cearley, 50, of Long Beach, was charged with one count of possession of burglary tools…
A man arguing with his father is now in jail after he allegedly pulled a handgun and fired into the vehicle where his father was. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said in a press release that Kelsey Munell II, 40,…
An argument that escalated into a shooting resulted in one person being sent to the hospital and the other to jail. About 4:13 a.m. Sunday morning, Gulfport Police responded to a local hospital in reference to a complaint of a…
An employee of the Jackson County road department has been charged in the theft of equipment belonging to the county. Sheriff Mike Ezell said sheriff's investigators and investigators from the State Auditor's Office recovered the equipment, which was found at…
Two suspects are now in custody following an armed robbery on O’Neal Road in Gulfport Monday. Police say 19-year-old Hollis Grayer and 23-year-old Jaylon Grayer robbed a victim at gunpoint and then fled the scene. Jaylon Grayer…
District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced that Iconic Facce pled guilty yesterday to two indicted counts of robbery. The indictment arose out of the March 22, 2019, robbery of BancorpSouth located on Cowan Road in Gulfport. The case was set…
On May 9, 2021, at approximately 5:43 a.m., officers of the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 400 block of Pass Road, in reference to an Armed Robbery. Surveillance video depicted a black male suspect enter the business and demand…