Crime

OS bus driver competent to stand sex abuse trial

Doctors say a Mississippi school bus driver is mentally competent enough to stand trial on charges including the sexual battery of a second grader. Our media partner, the Sun Herald, reports doctors testified last week that 69-year-old Sergio Sandoval is…

Biloxi Man Charged with Felony False Pretense

In Biloxi, a 36-year-old man has been charged with felony false pretense. Police made the arrest early Monday morning, after an investigation into a complaint filed back on August 14, alleging Dustin Elliott Broussard had obtained goods and services using…

Biloxi Police need help identifying suspects

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping to identifying a B/M and a W/F involved in taking two laptop computers valued over $300 in the 2000 Block of Pass Rd.

Biloxi Police need your help identifying suspect

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping to identify an unknown W/M subject who allegedly stole a wallet, including over $500.00 dollars in cash, in the 200 block of Beach Blvd.

Biloxi police looking for wig thieves

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping to identifying two subjects for alleged shoplifting $110 in wigs, in the 1700 Block of Pass Rd.

Felony Sexual Battery Arrest

A Saucier man is behind bars tonight on three felony counts of Sexual Battery. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, on September 27th, parents of a juvenile victim reported sexual assault involving their 17 year old daughter with the Harrison County…

Manhunt for Richard Merritt ends in Nashville

Former Georgia attorney Richard Merritt, convicted of defrauding clients out of settlement money, is now accused of murdering his mother moments before a nationwide manhunt began.

Manhunt for Richard Merritt ends in Nashville

Last night, convicted felon Richard Merritt was captured. He had been on the run for eight months before his arrest in Nashville. Tonight, U.S. Marshals are giving us insight into the search for Merritt leading up to his capture. You…

Man found not guilty in two fatal shootings

In Harrison County, gripping testimony and shocking new details in an apparent drug deal gone wrong in 2017. A jury deliberated for more than two hours finding Torre Clark not guilty of two first-degree murder charges. Officers arrested Clark in…

Arrested for aggravated assault

A Biloxi teen is behind bars for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Nineteen-year-old Darrell Rankin Jr. was taken into custody following an investigation into an incident that unfolded on September 10th in the area of Keller Avenue and Austin…

One woman dead after overnight shooting in Gulfport

One woman is dead after an overnight shooting in Gulfport. Gulfport police say officers arrived on scene at the O’Neal Road Apartment Complex at around 1 a.m. Once they arrived, they found 44-year-old Sharon Grantham dead from an apparent gunshot…

Arrested for touching a child for lustful purposes

A Harrison County man is behind bars after he’s accused of child molestation. Zachariah Walburn was booked into the Harrison County Adult Detention Center and is facing a felony charge of touching a child for lustful purposes. A 13-year-old girl…

Woman wanted for assaulting victim on motorized scooter

The Biloxi Police Department needs help identifying a woman who allegedly assaulted a female victim on a motorized scooter. Biloxi police are looking for a black female with long black hair and long eye lashes. According to police, the woman…

Wanted for questioning in auto burglary incident

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying the individual wanted for questioning only in reference to an auto burglary incident. The incident occurred on September 12, 2019 in the 800 block of Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, where a firearm…

Sentenced to life in prison in Hancock murder

A man is sentenced to life behind bars for what Judge Lisa Dodson calls a ‘completely senseless act.’ Forty-year-old Christopher May of New Orleans says he was smoking crack and drinking when he gunned down Clifford Burke in his truck…

Biloxi police warn about fraud attempt

Biloxi police are warning residents of an attempted fraud scheme involving people posed as Biloxi police officers attempting to collect ‘unpaid fines.’ In a public service announcement released this afternoon, police stated ‘individuals contacted citizens stating they were officers from…

Arrested for aggravated assault

Ocean Springs police have taken a suspect into custody for a shooting that happened on Sunday morning. Police responded to an emergency call just before 5 that shots had been fired on Deana Road. The victim told police that the…

Charged with four counts of auto burglary

A man in Jackson County has been charged with four counts of auto burglary. According to Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell, four vehicles were burglarized on Jackson Lee Drive in St. Martin. Investigators received surveillance video and identified 19-year-old Kristian…