Crime

St. Martin bus driver facing assault charges

A former bus driver in St. Martin is facing a year-and-a-half behind bars after being found guilty of child abuse and assault. After two days of trial and only 30 minutes of deliberation, a Jackson County jury found 58-year-old Antoinette…

Man arrested for assaulting Biloxi police officer

In Biloxi, a man has been charged with assault on a police officer. On Wednesday, Biloxi police arrested 53-year-old James Andrew Padgett of Pensacola, Florida on a charge of simple assault of a law enforcement officer after an assault complaint…

Rape suspect cleared by Grand Jury

Almost five years after a woman was raped on the Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge, a grand jury has cleared the suspect of any wrongdoing. Aaron McMillian was arrested last year in Utah in connection to the 2014 rape after a DNA…

Update on deadly shooting in Gulfport

The search continues tonight for the man possibly responsible for a deadly shooting in Gulfport Sunday morning. Fifty-two year-old Roderick Bowers is believed to have shot and killed 32-year-old Cruz Johnson. Yesterday, Gulfport police responded to a call of shots…

Gulfport men found guilty of capital murder

After a grueling five days of trial and two and a half hours of deliberation, two Gulfport men have been found guilty of capital murder stemming from an armed robbery in 2016. Twenty-seven year-old J’Var Pope and 26-year-old Robert Hart…

Arrested on warrants for armed robbery

Twenty-six year-old Xavier Hall is now behind bars on warrants for two counts of armed robbery. Biloxi police say this after an incident reported on October 3rd on Keller Avenue where two people were allegedly robbed at gun point. One…

Wanted in connection with shoplifting

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping to identify two unknown white females who allegedly shoplifted multiple items by concealing the items in the 2600 block of Beach Blvd. The two females, pictured below, allegedly concealed items,…

Interim No Longer: Chapman named Chief of Police in Pascagoula

It’s official. Deputy Chief Matt Chapman has been appointed the new Chief of Police for the city of Pascagoula. Chapman had been serving as interim Chief of Police since the announcement of now-former Chief Kenny Johnson's retirement in early October.…

Arrest made in Gautier murder

Detectives with the Gautier Police Department have made an arrest in the murder that occurred yesterday morning at the Singing River Apartments. While following up on leads Officers Clayton Alexander and Jason Pitts discovered the location of Christopher Kimsey (23…

Three Men Charged with Burglary of An Automobile in Long Beach

Long Beach police have arrested and charged three men with burglary of an automobile. All crimes happened at separate locations, according to police. Nineteen-year-old Brendon Ainsworth of Long Beach, 34-year-old Ashtin Nichols of Gulfport and 20-year-old Fenwick Morgan of Long…

Arrested on warrant for robbery

On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, the Biloxi Police Department arrested 39-year-old Ryan Michael Salter of Biloxi, MS on an arrest warrant for robbery. The arrest stemmed from an investigation into a complaint, in which Salter allegedly followed an individual to…

Sentenced on one count of child exploitation

A D’Iberville man guilty of possessing child pornography will be spending a decade behind bars. Forty-two year-old Richard McIntyre was arrested at his home in May of 2017 following an investigation by Jim Hood’s ‘Internet Crimes against Children’ Task Force.…

Arrested for aggravated assault

A George County woman is behind bars tonight, facing aggravated assault charges in connection with a shooting overnight. The George County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home last night on Fulton Road in the Agricola Community where they found a…

Arrested for kidnapping and assault

Gulfport police arrested 19-year-old Zayron Seymour for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend. Seymour was arrested and booked into the Harrison County Jail on domestic violence, aggravated assault, and kidnapping of his 17-year-old girlfriend. According to the Harrison County Sheriff’s…