Crime

Walmart robbery in Waveland

Waveland police are on the lookout for a suspect who stole a backpack from Walmart and then proceeded to rob the Woodforest Bank located inside the store. According to Chief David Allen, around 2:50 this afternoon, a small white sedan…

Charged with marijuana cultivation

A Gulfport couple was arrested for allegedly growing marijuana at their home. Police arrested 37-year-old Merrill Potter and 38-year-old Sarah Bowers after responding to a call of a domestic dispute. While at the residence, officers discovered several marijuana plants growing…

Arrested for aggravated assault

A Gulfport man is behind bars for reportedly choking a juvenile. Thirty-year-old Emmanuel McClendon was arrested after the juvenile arrived at Memorial Hospital with injuries from being choked on Sunday. McClendon was charged with one count of aggravated domestic assault…

Aggravated Domestic

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Watching a 13-year-old take a shower

A 30-year-old Biloxi man has been indicted on charges of watching a 13-year-old girl take a shower at a resort in Latimer in August last year. William Simmons was arrested on a traffic stop. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says…

Wanted for cell phone theft

Biloxi police are asking for help identifying a man involved in the theft of a cell phone at the Palace Casino in Biloxi. The suspect stole the cell phone and concealed the phone and left the casino. He was last…

Pled guilty to sexual battery and home burglary

Twenty-three year-old Dominique Macon of Gulfport pled guilty today to sexual battery and home burglary crimes that he committed nearly two years ago. The convictions resulted from a disclosure by a nine-year-old child to his parents and to Gulfport police…

Sentenced to 30 years for armed robbery

Forty-five year-old Gulfport native Robert Thomas pled guilty to two counts of armed robbery and was sentenced to 30 years in prison today. This case began in September of last year after two Subway employees on 25th Avenue in Gulfport…

Suspect arrested in Hard Rock assault

Alexander Oneil Stewart has been located and arrested in Scott County Mississippi.  Stewart is being held at the Scott County Jail until he can be transported back to the Biloxi Police Department for processing. On March 24th, 2018 at approximately…

Bill Cosby Found Guilty

Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the "Cosby Show" star of three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday. The…

Aggravated Assault Arrest – Rufus Barnes

.                                               On April 19, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 54 year old Rufus Anthony Barnes, of Gulfport,…

Embezzlement Arrest – Kacey Roggendorff

.                                               On April 17, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 30 year old Kacey Shae Roggendorff, of  Long…

Summer Camps 2018

.                                               The Gulfport Police Department is providing the following Summer Camps for 2018.  Flyers will be dropped off…

Murder Suspect Update

A body believed to be that of Tennessee double homicide suspect Casey James Lawhorn, 22, has been located in a wooded area of Jasper County. The body has not been positively identified but was found about 100 yards from Lawhorn’s…

Capital Murder Arrest in Jackson County

[removeFIMG] On Friday April 06, 2018, The Moss Point Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested 25 yoa, Kendrick Donta Williams of Moss Point.  Williams is charged with Capital Murder in the Death…

Police Search For Crab Leg Caper

Biloxi police are looking for a man suspected of stealing a bunch of crab legs from the Wal-Mart on C.T. Switzer Road. The theft happened at about 6 p.m. March 17th. The man seen on surveillance video taking the crab…

Police Investigate After Shots Fired

Biloxi police are investigating a report of shots fired in the area of Crawford and Division Street. Lt. Christopher Deback says an argument between two acquaintances sparked the shooting. One of them pulled out a gun and fired a couple…

Arrested for drug trafficking

Two Coast natives are facing life behind bars after being arrested by federal authorities on drug trafficking charges. Forty-six year-old Keith Brown of Moss Point and 35-year-old Jaycie Thomas of Ocean Springs have been charged in a three count federal…