Crime

Suspects wanted for armed robbery

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.…

Arrest made in Pascagoula shooting

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…

DUI 2nd Arrest – Tommie Ray McFarland

.                                               On May 5, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 57 year old Tommie Ray Mcfarland , of…

Armed Robbery Arrest – Kelton Osborne

.                                               On May 3, 2018 the Gulfport Police Department arrested 18 year old Kelton Lakarris Osborne, of Greenwood…

Public Notice – Oxycodone / Fentanyl

.                                               Gulfport Police want to make the public aware of counterfeit Oxycodone Tablets that actually contain Fentanyl due…

Arrested for burglary

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…

Possession of child pornography

A Biloxi man pled guilty yesterday to one count of knowingly possessing visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Forty-five-year-old Christopher Smith’s phone possessed pictures of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct under the age of 12. He…

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,…