A man known locally as Scuba Steve is facing charges after he impersonated an officer at a street fair. The incident happened Saturday morning during the Picayune Street Fair. Officers were clearing vehicles from a barricaded area when one driver,…
Dwight Peters was arrested in Jackson County on outstanding warrants for aggravated assault, armed robbery, and contempt of court, authorities said. The charges stem from an October 2025 incident at the Golden Nugget in Biloxi, where Peters and Cynthia Herron…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Louisiana man is behind bars in connection to a string of burglaries in Pearl River County. Thirty-five-year-old David Carrier of Bogalusa was arrested Tuesday by sheriff’s deputies. Investigators say those burglaries happened in the…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Jackson County man is behind bars for sexual battery and molestation charges involving a minor. Thirty-nine-year-old Mitchell Dye of Vancleave was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation after a 15-year-old girl revealed she was…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- A Texas man has been arrested by Biloxi police on kidnapping charges after a traffic stop on I-10 Thursday. Police say 20-year-old Tyler Ankenbruk was the passenger of a car driven by a juvenile girl, when it…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- A Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested for DUI and hit and run over the weekend in Ocean Springs. Jessica Harrison is a deputy with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. Ocean Springs Police Chief Steve Dye…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Jackson County investigators arrested an Escatawpa man for sexual battery of a child. Thirty-six-year-old Christopher Porter was arrested after a report from the victim’s mother. Investigators are not releasing any more details about this case due…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department announce the arrests of two people, Jayce Phelps and Elizabeth Levron. On March 2, the narcotics division was…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, (WXXV)- Pearl River County authorities say three people are facing charges after contraband was brought into the county jail, in an investigation that began a month ago. Pearl River County Sheriff’s investigators say the incident happened February…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)-A Biloxi man and woman are now behind bars on a list of drug trafficking and possession charges. Julian Diaz and Courtney Dudley were arrested Monday night after Biloxi police conducted a search warrant at a home on…
GAUTIER, Miss. (WXXV)- Gautier police officers arrested a man in connection with a child sexual battery investigation. Thirty-seven-year-old Travis Wilson was arrested and charged with sexual battery of a child under the age of 14. Wilson is being held at…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Texas man is charged after Harrison County sheriff’s deputies seized 8.8 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 10. On March 11, a deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction division…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-A Gulfport man is behind bars on two aggravated assault charges after a meet up to sell boots leads to a shooting. Harrison County Sheriff’s Office investigators say 49-year-old Eric Walker is accused of shooting two people who…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- An 18-year-old is behind bars, charged with homicide in connection to an investigation at a Gulfport apartment complex where an 18-year-old man was found dead in a car in February. On March 8, Ulrick Lamont Ellis of…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Major new details coming to light in the investigation into a former St. Martin High teacher on allegations of inappropriate conduct. One of the school’s former JROTC instructors is charged with grooming of a child. Lawrence…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A Gulfport man is behind bars on aggravated assault and domestic assault charges. Thirty-five-year-old Shaun Lawler was taken into custody Monday night after police responded to a home on Palmer Drive for a reported cutting incident. Two…
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- An Ocean Springs man is behind bars now on forcible rape charges that happened recently at an area hotel. Forty-one-year-old Jermaine Wilson was arrested after the victim reported the rape, which Ocean Springs police say happened…
GAUTIER, Miss. (WXXV)- The Gautier Police Department made an arrest in relation to a vehicle burglary investigation this afternoon. Twenty-eight-year-old Roberto Molina Jr. of Gautier was arrested in connection after police encountered him during an unrelated call for service and…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Twenty six people have been arrested and multiple people are still wanted in connection to a large narcotics round up in Pearl River County. The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Office, along with other agencies, conducted…
A Gulfport police officer was arrested this week in Tennessee on DUI charges. Thirty-three-year-old Joseph Prine Jr. was arrested by Gatlinburg Police Wednesday for driving under the influence and carrying a weapon while under the influence. We reached out to…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Two people are behind bars in Gulfport in relation to a drive-by shooting. The Gulfport Police Department arrested twenty-three-year-old Elijah Young and 18-year-old Zykendrick Harper and charged them both with two counts of drive-by shooting. On November…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A man was arrested in D’Iberville after a search led police to distribution quantities of narcotics. Thirty-seven-year-old Germain Rodregus Lindsey was arrested on felony drug trafficking charges. On Wednesday, November 19, Harrison County Narcotics Task Force…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- The Picayune Police Department is sharing their special operations department executed separate search warrants this week. These both happened on Monday. Michael Cross and Hailey…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- In Pearl River County, a traffic stop leads to a felony narcotics arrest. The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department says that around…