Crime

Wanted For Aggravated Assault

Pascagoula police are asking for your help locating two suspects wanted for a shooting that happened earlier this month. 28 year-old "Kedric Taylor" an 29 year-old "Regio Lavant" both from Moss Point, is wanted for two counts each of aggravated…

Assault on a fireman

Two Biloxi firefighters were assaulted over the weekend after responding to an injured person report. Thirty-eight year-old Michael May was arrested Saturday after Biloxi police received a report of a medical emergency in which May had possibly injured himself. When…

Shooting in Gulfport Sunday

Gulfport police responded to a call Sunday afternoon around 5 p.m. for a shooting. Units were on the scene in the 3100 block of 6th Avenue where one adult male was found with a gunshot wound. The victim was transported…

Gulfport man arrested for child molestation

A local Gulfport man has been arrested on three felony counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes. Thirty-eight year-old Nicholas Puffer was arrested after the female victim filed a report with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office. The victim,…

Video of suspect holding Dollar Store employee at gunpoint

The Ocean Springs Police Department is searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery of a Dollar General store on Bienville Boulevard. Surveillance video shows the masked suspect threatening a Dollar General employee with a handgun. Police say the…

Shooting in Gulfport injures woman

Gulfport police are investigating an early morning shooting that left multiple people with non-life threatening injuries. The shooting happened at about 3:45 this morning on the 3000 block of 31st Street near F Avenue. At the scene, officers found a…

Armed robbery suspect on the loose in Ocean Springs

The Ocean Springs Police Department is searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery of a Dollar General Store on Bienville Boulevard. Police say the masked man entered the store with a handgun, wearing a black beanie, white gloves,…

Ex-college student sentenced in hit and run

Nearly two years ago, Scott McGuire, a federal agent with the Homeland Security Investigation Unit in New Orleans and Gulfport native, was struck by a drunk driver in Miami just before getting into a taxi. The driver, then 21-year-old Jordana…

Arrested for taking away a motor vehicle

Twenty-four year-old Robert Petty of Magee, Mississippi was arrested on a charge of taking away a motor vehicle after a car was reported stolen from the Porter Avenue Service Drive. D’Iberville police located the vehicle within thirty minutes of the…

Cigarette shoplifter arrested

The so-called cigarette shoplifter in George County has been arrested. Twenty-four year-old Amos Rudolph Jr. of Mobile is currently in the Mobile Metro Jail awaiting extradition to George County on four felony shoplifting charges including one charge in Lucedale. This…

Burglary Arrest

A man is behind bars this afternoon...charged with breaking into a Gulfport Law Firm Office. 43-year-old Christopher Donnell Lee of Gulfport is charged with burglary of a business, in connection with the January 28th break in and burglary at Boyce…

Charged with possession of stolen car

Biloxi police arrested a man found in possession of a stolen vehicle reported missing out of Pascagoula. Twenty-five year-old Christian Miller was met by police and arrested in the 1900 block of Beach Boulevard. He was taken to the Harrison…

Arrested for commercial burglary in Ocean Springs

An Ocean Springs man turned himself into police after realizing he was wanted for commercial burglary to a business on Bienville Boulevard. Police responded to the call of commercial burglary after the fact and were able to review footage of…

Man wanted for stealing $10,000 in cigarettes

The George County Sheriff’s Office needs help locating a man they say stole $10,000 worth of cigarettes from four Dollar General stores. George County deputies and Lucedale officers say the man in this picture is responsible. He was possibly seen…

Burglary of an automobile

A Gulfport man is now behind bars and is being charged with one count of burglary of an automobile. The Long Beach Police Department arrested 24-year-old Aaron Mays. According to officials, Mays and another suspect allegedly entered into a vehicle…

Jackson County drive-by shooting suspects given bond

Jackson County officials say the two men charged with drive-by shooting yesterday are in jail under a $15,000 bond each. According to Spokeswoman Marcia Hill, 27-year-old Antonio Johnson of D’Iberville and 26-year-old Eric Price were arrested at an apartment complex…

Drive-By Shooting Arrest

Biloxi police have arrested the men they believe are responsible for a drive-by shooting in the area of Judge Sekul Avenue and Bayly Drive earlier this week. Twenty-two year-old Emanuel Chavez is accused of leaning out of a car window…

Four arrested in shooting death in Pascagoula

Four people are charged in the shooting death of a Gautier man, but Pascagoula authorities say more charges are possible. On Friday, officers responded to shots fired in the area of Regency Wood Apartments. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased…

Man charged with exploitation of a child

Forty-one year-old George Ramp Jr. pled guilty to three counts of exploitation of a child and two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes. The events in question occurred between May 27th, 2015 and May 31st, 2015. Ramp briefly…

Two arrested for aggravated assault

Two men are in custody in Moss Point after police say they shot a man for no reason. Twenty-six year-old Patrick Thompson and 30-year-old Demetrius Howard, both of Pascagoula, were arrested and charged with aggravated assault after a 9-1-1 call…

Gautier man arrested for grand larceny

Thirty-one year-old Thomas Marshall Stewart of Gautier has been arrested on a charge of grand larceny. The arrest stems from an investigation into a theft at the Golden Nugget Casino. Stewart allegedly stole a casino patron’s wallet which contained over…