A Moss Point man is in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center charged with murder in the shooting death of another man Tuesday night. Sheriff Mike Ezell says Dirk Lambert Jr. allegedly shot 50-year-old Noel Christopher Benson of Grand Bay,…
After changing his mind this morning, a Gulfport man has pled guilty to second degree murder and sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison. Thirty-six year-old Willie Cenales was sentenced today to 27 years in prison without the possibility of…
Police are searching for a suspect after a Woolmarket Elementary School classroom was left trashed over the weekend. The classroom, which is used for an after school program, was discovered Monday destroyed with desks and school supplies thrown across the…
. Spring Break weekend is fast approaching. Spring Break will start April 12, 2019 and run through April 14, 2019. Coast residents can expect to see an increase in traffic as early as Friday afternoon. Historically, traffic has been heaviest early…
Twenty-seven year-old William Brashears of Saucier is facing a count of felony domestic violence for an incident in May 2018. A warrant was issued for Brashears’ arrest following an investigation into a domestic violence report on Woolmarket Road in Saucier.…
A fourth person is facing aggravated assault charges in connection with a shooting that happened in Biloxi. Nineteen-year-old Shaparis Johnson of Jackson County was taken into custody by Biloxi police today. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department issued a warrant for…
Two people were arrested after a complaint of fraudulent checks and transactions in Bay St. Louis. Thirty-one year-old Eric Ersan Yurttas and 66-year-old Enimia Charlotta Pohl both of Pass Christian were charged with one count of felony false pretense. Yurttas…
Nine people from the Kiln are now behind bars following a drug search in Hancock County this morning. The sheriff’s office narcotics agents executed search warrants at several homes in the 24,000 block of Standard-Dedeaux Road. Agents recovered meth, marijuana,…
. On April 3, 2019, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 33 year old Joseph William Sims of Bay St. Louis, charging him with one count of Carjacking. The arrest stemmed from an incident which occurred on April 2, 2019. At approximately 11:48…
. On April 2, 2019, the Gulfport Police Department, assisted by the Gulfport Fire Department and the Mississippi Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, located the body of missing person Bryan Lee Daughtrey in the marsh area located north of Runnymeade…
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has affirmed a guilty verdict in the 2017 murder trial of a Gulfport man. Jalen Williams was convicted of capital murder in the death of Lamont Hayes, whom Williams and his co-defendant Rashad Johnson were…
A man is behind bars today for stealing property and possession of a controlled substance. Biloxi police arrested 29-year-old Antwone Beans after he was found with a reported stolen car out of Pascagoula. Beans is now at the Harrison County…
A convicted felon is once again off the streets after another run-in with police over the weekend. Thirty-five year-old Remington Steele is accused of shooting a man in the foot in Saucier. That man was taken to a local hospital…
Twenty years: this is the sentence handed down by a judge in Hancock County today nearly three years after the death of a South Mississippi toddler left in her mother’s patrol car in extreme heat. “Always happy, always jumping, always…
. On April 1, 2019 the Gulfport Police Department received a report of missing person Bryan Lee Daughtrey. Daughtrey left his residence on March 30, 2019 around 8:00 am to take his dog for a walk. The dog returned March 31, 2019…
Former Long Beach Police Officer Cassie Barker has been sentenced to 20 years for manslaughter. Barker was charged in the death of her young daughter after allegedly leaving the girl in her vehicle while engaging in sexual intercourse with her…
Gulfport police arrested 37-year-old Iconic Facce of Ashford, Alabama yesterday. They say just before 10 a.m. on March 22nd, Gulfport police went to the 900th block of Cowan Road after hearing of a bank robbery where the suspect walked in…
. On March 22, 2019, at approximately 9:46 A.M., Gulfport Police responded to the 900 block of Cowan Road to investigate a Robbery of a Bank. Initial investigation revealed that the suspect walked into the BancorpSouth Bank and produced a…
Tonight we continue our coverage of a former Georgia attorney accused of murdering his mother just hours before he was set to turn himself into prison for a 15-year sentence for defrauding his clients out nearly half a million dollars.…
The Biloxi Police Department is requesting your assistance in helping identify the females who are the suspects in an alleged shoplifting incident which occurred on March 12, 2019. The suspects entered a business in the 2600 block of Beach Boulevard,…
A dangerous online predator in Gulfport is now spending years behind bars. Thirty-three year-old Scotty Peel pleaded guilty yesterday to having child pornography. He was charged on one count of child exploitation and will be in custody for 15 years…
. On March 22, 2019, at approximately 9:46 A.M., Gulfport Police responded to the 900 block of Cowan Road to investigate a Robbery. Initial investigation revealed that a suspect walked into the Bancorp South Bank and produced a note…
A former care facility owner out of Gulfport has been sentenced to eight years behind bars today for crimes committed inside his facility. Thirty-one year-old Michael Hillie was operating the Precious Care Senior Facility when he took social security benefits…
Two men are facing charges of attempted murder after a 29-year-old man was shot on Tuesday night. Twenty-three year-old Charles Dufrene of Bogalusa, Louisiana and 23-year-old Sadi Armstead of Bayside Park are accused of shooting a man on East Lamar…