Crime

Man charged with DUI, felony possession

A Gulfport man is facing several charges including one felony after a high-speed chase this morning. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, 44-year-old Charles Gill is being charged with driving under the influence, failure to stop, reckless driving, resisting arrest, and…

Seven arrested in armed robbery attempt

Seven people, including a 16-year-old, have been charged in an attempted armed robbery from last Friday in Ocean Springs. Jaylan Kirkland, Abbie Mayfield, Matthew Ramsey, Aleasha McGinnis, Kinlea Stephens, and 16-year-old Richard Figeueroa were charged after Jackson County Sheriff Mike…

Truck stolen from Biloxi produce company

Biloxi Police are asking for your help and to be on the lookout for a stolen produce delivery truck. The truck is a 2016 freightliner that has a black base color with images of produce on the side (see photo…

Biloxi Police asking for help identifying three shoplifting suspects

Police are also asking for your help in identifying three shoplifting suspects who hit up a South Mississippi store. Three women were captured on surveillance video at a business in the 2600 Block of Beach Boulevard in Biloxi. https://www.facebook.com/BiloxiPD/posts/1016890431977398 Police…

Wanted Mississippi murder suspect captured in California

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A fugitive captured in California is being extradited back to Mississippi where he’ll be charged with first-degree murder. Hattiesburg police said in a statement they arrested 48-year-old Carzetta Myers in San Diego last week. He’ll also…

Traffic stops leads to shooting arrests in Harrison County

In Harrison County, a traffic stop led to the arrests of two shooting suspects. Twenty-three year-old Amber Page and 26-year-old Andrew Ausmer are both charged with one count of aggravated assault. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, last Tuesday,…

Charged with aggravated assault

A Moss Point man is in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center with aggravated assault after an alleged road rage incident. Sheriff Mike Ezell says 35-year-old Jeremiah Coleman was driving on Highway 90 near Franklin Creek Road around 5 p.m.…

Local museum burglarized

Gulfport police have made an arrest after several tools and other items were stolen from a local museum over the weekend. Police arrested 55-year-old Michael Johnson on a charge of burglary of a business after employees of the Mississippi Aviation…

St. Martin School bus battery heist

Jackson County authorities have taken a man into custody for that school bus battery heist just last week. Forty-one year-old Adam Shaw of Bay St. Louis is charged with motor vehicle theft and two charges of grand larceny. He’s also…

Felony shooting into a dwelling arrest

A Harrison County woman is facing charges for a shooting that happened on Old Sydney Road in Pass Christian. Thirty-eight year-old Katrina Kreeger, who lives on the same street, was arrested on felony charges of shooting into an occupied dwelling.…

Biloxi Man Charged With Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapon

A Biloxi man is in jail this morning, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Biloxi police arrested 36-year-old Reginald Rechee Tucker of Biloxi after an investigation into a stabbing that happened Wednesday. Police say Tucker stabbed a victim…

Biloxi Aggravated Assault Arrest

The Biloxi Police Department arrested 36 year old Reginald Rechee Tucker of Biloxi on a warrant for one count of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

Methamphetamine drug bust in Harrison County

Millions of dollars’ worth of methamphetamine have been seized by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office this week and now a Texas man is behind bars. Sheriff’s deputies arrested 36-year-old Esteban Bernardina-Betancourt of San Antonio on felony charges of trafficking methamphetamine.…

Dad testifies at Sergio Sandoval’s trial

A father says he first thought bullies were behind his daughter’s hesitation to ride the school bus when she was 8 years old. Instead, she told him she was being sexually abused by the bus driver. The girl’s father testified…