Crime

Former Three Doors Down bass player arrested

The original bass player for the band Three Doors Down is behind bars today in the Jackson County Jail on multiple charges. Sheriff Mike Ezell says 46-year-old Todd Harrell was arrested today at his home after an alarm went off.…

Wanted for storage shed burglaries

Biloxi police are asking for help identifying two people wanted for burglarizing several storage sheds on Pass Road in Biloxi. The suspects pictured were driving a white GMC Sierra van with Arizona license plate number AH7-0480. Anyone with information regarding…

Four men arrested for armed robbery in Harrison County

Four men have been arrested for their involvement in a strong armed robbery in D’Iberville. Eugene Griffin, Marco Mack, David Crump, and Jonathan Tyron are now in custody. A couple at Arbor View Apartments was walking to their building when…

Man and woman arrested after armed robbery in Gulfport

Gulfport police arrested 34-year-old Justin Smith and 28-year-old Cierrial Sunkins. Smith is charged with one count of armed robbery. Sunkins is charged with accessory after the fact. A victim stated that her purse was taken at gunpoint in the 3200…

Sentenced 20 years on gun and drug charges

Forty-four year-old Bruce Crosby pled guilty to charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and felony possession of a weapon. Crosby had a prior felony conviction, also for possession with intent to distribute. Crosby was sentenced to 20…

Assault on Jackson County deputies

A Moss Point man is behind bars after assaulting three deputies during a divorce court hearing in Chancery Court today. According to Sheriff Mike Ezell, 28-year-old Joshua Mosely is the brother of the man getting the divorce. Mosely got into…

Guilty plea expected for 2016 murder of nuns

A Mississippi prosecutor says a man charged with killing two nuns in 2016 will plead guilty June 21st as part of an agreement that removes the possibility of the death penalty. District Attorney Akillie Malone-Oliver says she spoke with the…

Gulfport man arrested for sexual battery

Gulfport police arrested 19-year-old Byren Williams of Gulfport, charging him with one count of sexual battery. On June 8th, officers responded to the 4500 block of Engram Drive and made contact with a female juvenile who stated on June 6th…

Gulfport man arrested for armed robbery

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest of 20-year-old Lamarcus Swington of Gulfport. Sheriff Troy Peterson said deputies responded to a Shell gas station and a Chevron gas station located on County Farm Road in Long Beach to a…

Operation Triple Beam

.                                               Between April 16 – April 20, 2018, the Gulfport Police Narcotics Division, US Marshals Gulf Coast Regional…

Son charged in school counselor’s death in Stone County

The investigation continues into the death of a Hattiesburg High School guidance counselor who was found dead in her home last Wednesday after allegedly being decapitated by her own son. Sherry Johnson’s body was found after deputies went to her…

Waveland community on the lookout

Police in Waveland are warning residents after an incident in the area of Waveland Avenue and Sears, south of the track. Two men stopped at the house of an elderly lady who was home alone, talking their way into her…

Local doctor sentenced 3.5 years for Medicaid fraud

A Mississippi physician has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for his part in an insurance fraud case. Seventy-eight year-old Dr. Albert Diaz of Ocean Springs told prosecutors during his sentencing Thursday in Hattiesburg that…

Two shootings in Bay St. Louis

Two shootings less than a mile away and an hour apart from each other were reported last night in Bay St. Louis. “I don’t expect to have bullets flying in my backyard now that I’m home, it’s sickening.” Erin Page,…

Homicide investigation in Stone County

Authorities are investigating the death of 51-year-old Sherry Johnson in Stone County as a homicide. Johnson was found dead in her home on Johnson Road Wednesday. Stone County investigator Ray Boggs tells News 25 it is premature to know how…

Gulfport man sentenced for shooting at a Bay St. Louis Bar

District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that 24-year old Trey Hugh Tillery of Gulfport, MS was sentenced this week for two counts of Aggravated Assault before Circuit Judge Christopher Schmidt at the Hancock County Courthouse. Tillery previously entered his plea…

Gulfport shooting suspect charged with attempted murder

Gulfport police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting that sent one woman to the hospital yesterday evening. Thirty-seven year-old Johnny Carter is charged with one count of attempted murder. Police say Carter and the 54-year-old victim were…