Modern day slavery. It’s hard to believe it exists, but it does. Sex trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world and it happens right here in South Mississippi. News 25’s Toni Miles takes us to a meeting by…
A man in Jackson County is charged with aggravated domestic assault after reportedly holding a woman hostage at gunpoint early Saturday morning. Twenty-seven year-old Steven Harris gave himself up to the police after a five hour standoff inside a home…
A patient at the Ocean Springs Hospital contacted the Ocean Springs Police Department to report that he was robbed at gunpoint at Fort Bayou Apartments. The victim claims that he went to the wrong apartment just before two black males…
. National Police Week 2018: Honoring and Remembering our Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Again this year, the Gulfport…
An Ocean Springs man has been arrested and charged with auto burglary after stealing a pistol from a man’s truck. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell reports that 37-year-old Robert Williams was arrested after a man reported his pistol missing when…
Biloxi police arrested a woman for stealing a purse from a business. Thirty-year-old Jennifer Gibson was arrested and charged with commercial burglary. The crime happened at a business in the 200 block of Beach Boulevard where an employee’s purse was…
. On May 9, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 39 year old Charles Louis D’Angelo, charging him…
Forty-three year-old Joseph Kamont II of Biloxi is behind bars after a high speed chase last night in the area of Vee Street. A resident reported that two unknown individuals were on her property running with flashlights. Officers canvassed the…
A Gulfport man now faces felony charges after crashing into two Harrison County deputies. Fifty-seven year-old Tommie McFarland is charged with two counts of aggravated DUI. The accident happened over the weekend at the intersection of O’Neal Road and Highway…
A state appeals court says it won’t overturn the conviction of a former Mississippi high school basketball coach for molesting a player. The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled today that Leslie Dewitt’s convictions for touching a child for lustful purposes…
Biloxi police arrested 69-year-old Erastus Thompson Jr. on a warrant for felony embezzlement of a vehicle. Police say Thompson was arrested during a traffic stop by Gulfport police. The complaint leading to the arrest of Thompson was made in February…
Octavia Williams-Biggs was arrested by the Pascagoula Police Department. A warrant was issued for her arrest for her involvement in the homicide of Lorenzo Biggs. She’s been charged with accessory after the fact. Those charges may be upgraded in the…
Gulfport police are investigating an overnight shooting. Around 4 a.m., officers responded to Memorial Hospital in reference to a 25-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Police say the victim was walking in the 1700 block of…
. On May 8, 2018 at 2:46 a.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to Memorial Hospital in reference…
The primary suspect in a fatal shooting that happened last Friday at a home on Dupont Avenue in Pascagoula turned himself into the police today. According to Captain Doug Adams, Rouvell Thigpen, also known as Rudy Thigpen, turned himself into…
A Greenwood man is behind bars for armed robbery in Gulfport. According to police, 18-year-old Kelton Osborne was involved in the armed robbery on May 2nd at the Subway located on Highway 49 near Dedeaux Road. Witnesses say that an…
Gautier police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred last night at El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant in Gautier. Around 11 p.m., officers were called to the scene where they found the victim bound to a chair in the restaurant’s office.…
A Moss Point man is behind bars following a shooting that occurred Friday afternoon on Whitmore Street in Pascagoula, sending one man to the hospital. According to the Pascagoula Police Department, the motive appeared to be to intimidate a victim…
Gulfport police held a press conference concerning a dangerous batch of drugs being sold on the streets. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson has more on what the community needs to know.
. On May 5, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 57 year old Tommie Ray Mcfarland , of…
. On May 3, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 18 year old Kelton Lakarris Osborne, of Greenwood…
. Gulfport Police want to make the public aware of counterfeit Oxycodone Tablets that actually contain Fentanyl due…
Biloxi police arrested 23-year-old April Mitchell on outstanding burglary warrant. The warrant stems from an investigation in December 2016 from Popp’s Ferry Road where Mitchell confronted her ex-boyfriends new girlfriend inside of their apartment. Mitchell assaulted the new girlfriend. She…
. On May 2, 2018 at approximately 1:53 a.m., Officers responded to the 2400 block of Knox Street…