A Mississippi woman’s attorney told a judge that his client embezzled $303,000 from her employer to make online purchases because she had a ‘shopping compulsion.’ Elizabeth Rose O’Neil and her attorney, Don Rafferty, testified that she stole $1,400 to $1,600…
By Jeff Martin Associated Press A Mississippi man is accused of creating an improvised explosive device in his home after watching internet videos about bomb making, prosecutors say. Brian Richard Sanders intended to maim or kill his ex-girlfriend, a special…
By Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say the death of a former Mississippi State football player whose body was found in an Alabama home Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide. Birmingham police told news outlets that 25-year-old…
Five men in Mississippi have been indicted on murder charges in what authorities described as a deadly, gang-related home invasion during a 2018 Super Bowl party. Our media partner the Sun Herald reported Darrian Cooks, Robert Jackson, Tykice Watts, Michael…
The Biloxi Police Department arrested 27-year-old Phillip Michael Holder of Pensacola, Fl. for aggravated domestic assault. The arrest stemmed from an investigation where Holder allegedly assaulted the victim by strangulation while in the 1600 block of Pass Road, Biloxi MS.…
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP/WXXV) — Two inmates were killed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on Monday night. In a statement Tuesday morning, the Mississippi Department of Corrections said, “Two inmates were killed in Parchman last night. At this moment,…
Police in Kansas City, Missouri, say at least two people are dead and upwards of a dozen people may have been injured in a shooting outside a bar.
The discovery of two pounds of meth led to the arrest of two men in Pass Christian. Forty-three year-old Robert Callahan and 35-year-old Ruben Nichols Jr. both of Pass Christian were arrested on felony drug charges. According to the Harrison…
One of the inmates who escaped from the Covington County Jail late Wednesday night is back in custody. According to the Covington County Sheriff’s Office, 21-year-old Dylan Parr was taken into custody in the Hot Coffee area around 9:30 this…
A man was taken into custody following a violent robbery at a local Waffle House. According to Gulfport Police, Willie Duckworth entered a Waffle House, jumped over the counter, assaulted an employee and took cash from the register before fleeing…
A man is behind bars in Harrison County after a victim came forward with sex abuse claims. Twenty-eight year-old Nolan Wallace of Gulfport was arrested on three felony charges of sexual battery. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, the…
Three inmates from the Covington County Jail escaped last night around 10:30. According to the sheriff’s department, Christopher Love, Alex Knight, and Dylan Parr escaped by using sheets to get out through a skylight in a holding cell. They then jumped…
The Biloxi Police Department arrested 52-year-old Frank Charles Leone on Wednesday on the charge of Uttering Forgery. The arrest was a result of an investigation into a complaint, in which Leone allegedly uttered a counterfeit check in an amount exceeding…
Biloxi police arrested 48-year-old Lonzo Reed on a charge of lustful touching of a child. A complaint was made against Reed inappropriately touching a juvenile in July 2017. News 25 spoke with Biloxi Investigations Unit tonight who says this is…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More than two dozen Mississippi inmates are suing the state. The lawsuit filed Tuesday says the state's understaffed prisons are “plagued by violence.” In a separate development, federal authorities on…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Law enforcement in South Mississippi issued a warning to residents on social media this week. The notice is specifically directed at citizens within the Harleston and Hurley communities. According to a post by the Jackson…
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate with a history of violence against women faces execution for fatally shooting his wife, who had feared she would never get out of her marriage…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV) — Former Mayor of Ocean Springs Connie Moran was arrested late Monday night, according to police. Records obtained from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department show Moran was arrested January 13, 2020 by Ocean Springs Police on…
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department continues to face more questions than answers in the serial murders of the infamous Samuel Little. One of the unidentified women on Little’s list was a Gulfport resident. In 2018, serial killer Samuel Little confessed…
A tax preparer in Gulfport pleaded guilty to falsifying returns, resulting in $900,000 worth of losses in the United States. According to U.S. District Attorney Mike Hurst and the justice department’s tax division, Alvin Mays, the owner of City Tax…
Twenty-five year-old Sandra Goff was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for the murder of Michael Lossett in Gulfport in 2018. Goff pled guilty to manslaughter and taking away a motor vehicle which is an additional ten years to…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – After a five-day trial, a federal jury on Friday found Taryn Goin Naidoo, 41, of Diamondhead, guilty of three counts of possession of images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. “I applaud our prosecutors and…
A Gulfport woman is charged with grand larceny in connection with an auto theft in Biloxi this weekend. On Sunday, Biloxi police arrested 40-year-old Claudia Trivett Johnson of Gulfport for grand larceny of an auto. The arrest was the result…
South Mississippi House District Representative 119 Sonya Williams Barnes is among the state's lawmakers speaking out and calling for prison reform in Mississippi sooner rather than later, in the aftermath of several prisoner deaths recently, and dire conditions at Parchman,…