Crime

Shooting in Moss Point may be connected to Pascagoula drive-by

Moss Point Police are actively investigating a shooting which occurred Thursday, April 22, 2021, near the intersection Jefferson Avenue and River Road. About 7:50 p.m., Moss Point Police received calls of multiple shots fired in the area. Moss Point and…

Gulfport Armed robbery suspect arrested

Grady Lavell Sumrall, the man wanted for armed robbery in Gulfport, has been arrested. Saturday around midnight, officers responded to the 10,000th block of Highway 49 in reference to an armed robbery. Detectives say that Sumrall robbed employees at gunpoint…

Child exploitation sentencing

The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office has announced the sentencing of a woman who pled guilty to four counts of child exploitation in December of last year. Thirty-nine-year-old Cora Lee Schaub was sentenced to 40 years in…

Gulfport woman charged in arson, robbery cases

A Gulfport woman has been charged in a burglary and arson case. Gulfport Police said in a press release that Sumer Ree Treadaway, 42, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of arson and one count of burglary of…

Hancock County man charged in burglary case

A Hancock County man is behind bars after police responded to a call about a burglary. Daniel Joseph Carver, 43, is charged with burglary of a residence, said Bay St. Louis Chief Gary Ponthieux Jr. According to a press release…

Lucedale man charged in sexual abuse of a child case

George County Sheriff's Department have arrested a Lucedale man in a case regarding the sexual abuse of a child. Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of possible sexual abuse of a child on Monday night in the area of Walters…

Gulfport man pleads guilty to possession of fentanyl

Gulfport, MS. - District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced that 45-year-old Steven Robert Barbine, of Gulfport, pled guilty last week before Judge Larry Bourgeois to a charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute- Fentanyl. Barbine pled…

Gulfport man pleads guilty to second degree murder

Gulfport, MS – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that 30-year-old Wayne Claude Adams of Gulfport, MS, pled guilty yesterday to second-degree murder before Circuit Judge Christopher Schmidt at the Harrison County Courthouse in Gulfport, MS. Judge Schmidt sentenced…

Driver flees traffic stop in Biloxi

An attempted traffic stop in Biloxi ended with the driver fleeing into the water. Yesterday, Biloxi police officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop in the 1800 block of Beach Boulevard on a blue 2011 Chrysler 200…

Mississippi Inmate Death

An inmate serving 20 years for statutory rape and sexual battery has died in a prison hospital. The State Department of Corrections says Thursday that an autopsy will be done on 74-year-old Tommy Lee Jones. He was pronounced dead Wednesday…