The Biloxi Police Department is requesting the public's help to identify a white male who is a suspect in the theft of an electronic bicycle on March 18. The bike was taken in the 2600 block of C.T. Switzer Blvd.…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) —Biloxi Police have arrested 27-year-old De’aira Montgomery of Gulfport on a charge of aggravated assault. Montgomery’s arrest stems from an investigation in which she allegedly drove a vehicle into the driver’s side of the victim’s vehicle while…
On March 23, 2020, the Biloxi Police Department received a report of a burglary of a business located within the 2600 block of Beach Blvd in Biloxi. The burglary occurred between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Entry was gained through…
Two inmates who escaped from a community work center were captured. Twenty-three year-old Bobby Morgan and 20-year-old Caleb Johnston were captured after escaping from the Wilkinson County Community Work Center in Woodville on Tuesday. Officers located the two men in…
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — Police say a judge has been shot and critically wounded outside a courthouse in Mississippi. WTOK-TV reports that Chancery Judge Charlie Smith was shot Monday morning outside the Lauderdale County Courthouse in downtown Meridian. Meridian Police…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has been pronounced dead. News outlets report the 42-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday afternoon. The Mississippi Department of Corrections has not identified the…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — One woman is behind bars after she reportedly stole a tool box. The Biloxi Police Department arrested 35-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Taylor of Gulfport on a warrant for grand larceny. The warrant was issued as the result…
A Gulfport man is behind bars tonight after being accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, 35-year-old Nickolas Shultz was taken into custody after a family friend alleged that Shultz had assaulted her.…
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. It's a sight the Hollywood mogul's multitude of accusers thought they…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV) — Two people were arrested in Biloxi on Tuesday on charges of identity theft. The Biloxi Police Department says 23-year-old Jessica Lynn Klemann of Galveston, Texas, and 33-year-old Patrick Ryan Arnold of Biloxi were taken into custody…
After a three day trial and two hours of deliberation, a jury found 42-year-old Arland Morris guilty of sex abuse charges on a minor. The 12-year-old victim delivered gripping testimony, saying Morris was in a relationship with her mother and…
After a three day manhunt, a fugitive wanted out of Georgia and Stone County is behind bars in South Mississippi. According to Stone County Criminal Investigator Ray Boggs, Jessie Hughes was captured and taken into custody around 1 this afternoon.…
In McHenry, authorities are searching for a fugitive wanted in Florida and Stone County. Jessie Hughes was last seen running from Stone County deputies near East McHenry Road. He is described as a white male with green eyes and brown…
STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — A wanted fugitive is on the run in South Mississippi. Jessie Eugene Hughes was last seen running from Stone County Sheriff’s Department deputies near East McHenry Road late Wednesday. He is described as a white…
In McHenry tonight, authorities in Stone County are searching for a wanted fugitive. Jessie Hughes was last seen running from Stone County deputies near East McHenry Road. He is described as a white male with green eyes and brown hair.…
Biloxi police need your help identifying a woman possibly involved in larceny. According to the Biloxi Police Department, an unidentified white female allegedly stole a package from the front porch in the 100 block of Acacia Avenue last month. The…
We have an update this afternoon on the inmate who escaped last night, he has been recaptured. Twenty-seven year-old Christopher D. Epps escaped a work release center on 8th Avenue in Gulfport. He was recaptured just before midnight, according to…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — One prisoner is behind bars... again. After just a few hours on the lam, law enforcement recaptured an inmate that escaped from a work release center in Harrison County overnight. Authorities say 27-year-old Christopher Epps left…
SAUCIER, Miss. (WXXV) — A Harrison County woman is facing felony child abuse charges after she was reportedly found smothering her infant daughter. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, 23-year-old Simona Somers was arrested and charged with felonious child…
Today’s fatal shooting in Biloxi makes number six on the growing homicide list in Harrison County. Over the last week, a crime wave washed over the Coast, hitting Harrison County the hardest. Six Gulf Coast residents in seven days have…
Two men from Texas were arrested and charged with burglary in the City of Biloxi earlier this morning. Houston residents 30-year-old Cedric Fleming and 41-year-old Gregory Johnson attempted to flee the scene in which Biloxi police responded to a report…
Biloxi police need your help regarding a fatal shooting early this morning on Stennis Avenue for a report of shots fired a little after 1 a.m. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer says 33-year-old Devan Williams of Gulfport was shot and…
In Saucier, a woman is facing felony child abuse charges after she was reportedly found smothering her infant daughter. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, 23-year-old Simona Somers was found in her room with a thick blanket wrapped around…
A Biloxi man is accused of murder after his significant other was found dead. Yesterday, 43-year-old Michael Edward Reis flagged down Biloxi police officers near Porter Avenue and Beach Boulevard and told them he wanted to turn himself in. The…