Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove says 43-year-old Gulfport resident Kari Whitley was found dead inside of a Legacy at Gulf Pointe apartment on Lindh Road at 3:01 this afternoon. Authorities are investigating her death as a homicide. There is a…
A woman is behind bars after she hit a pedestrian and fled the scene on foot in Gulfport. Thirty-eight year-old Elizabeth Kate Martin was arrested on the charge of leaving the scene of an accident with injury. The 42-year-old male…
A woman is behind bars after she hit a pedestrian and fled the scene on foot in Gulfport. The 42-year-old male victim is in serious condition at an area hospital. It happened around 11:15 this morning. Investigators were out marking…
One of five children hit by a suspected drunk driver in Polk County, Florida yesterday has died from his injuries. Investigators say former Mississippi law enforcement officer John Camfield hit the five children Thursday afternoon after they got off their…
The man wanted for burglary of a Gulfport business is now behind bars. Mohamed Hussain is accused of breaking into Discount Tire and Rim on Pass Road. When officials arrived they found a broken door and damage to a vehicle.…
Two teenagers are behind bars for the armed robbery of the Pizza Hut on Highway 49. Giovanni Smith and Cobie Rupert are accused of entering the business on Tuesday night armed with handguns, demanded money, and then fled. Police say…
A man wanted in a cold case murder in Texas was arrested in Mississippi earlier today. Officials, including U.S. marshals, arrested 61-year-old David Lee Edds in wooded area in Wayne County this morning. Edds was wanted in the murder of…
Biloxi police need help identifying the woman accused of attempting to cash a fraudulent check at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi. The suspect is described as a black female wearing a white shirt, black tights, and she appears to…
A Tennessee couple is behind bars in Jackson County for allegedly carjacking and kidnapping a man. Authorities are crediting a female jogger who acted as a Good Samaritan for the quick arrest. According to police, Tommy Hill and Christie Burnett…
A D’Iberville man turned himself in after Ocean Springs police say he sexually assaulted a woman on Front Beach. According to Captain William Jackson, Manuel Alvelo is charged with sexual battery. Jackson says Alvelo met the female on an online…
Moss Point mayor candidate Timothy Dubose was arrested for disorderly conduct following a traffic stop. Moss Point police tell News 25 he allegedly would not get back in his vehicle. He was arrested and booked. He bonded out early this…
Four people are under arrest after robbing a Biloxi resident at gunpoint in front of his home. The four suspects allegedly approached the victim at his home on Popp’s Ferry Road and held the victim at gunpoint as he was…
The Moss Point High School resource officer who was found guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old student in 2009 was sentenced today. The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office says Circuit Court Judge Kathy Jackson sentenced 51-year-old Kevin Williams to serve…
One Harrison County man is now behind bars after admitting on Facebook to murdering his roommate. Thirty-nine year-old Gabriel Curtis has been given a felony charge of murder. Sheriff Troy Peterson received a call from a Florida resident for a…
On Monday, April 17, 2017, at approximately 13:45 hours, the Biloxi Police Department responded to a hit and run complaint in the 100 block of Brady Drive, Biloxi. A witness called 911 to report finding a male in the roadway…
Two suspects have been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the shooting of 35-year-old Marcus Jordan. George County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting around 8 p.m. last night in the area of TLC Lane in the central…
The man who killed retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith and wounded his wife during a traffic dispute has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Louisiana District Judge Camille Buras sentenced 29-year-old Cardell Hayes to 25 years for manslaughter…
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department solves two burglaries while investigating another in progress. Deputies responded to a burglary on Grey Avenue where they found 38-year-old Charles Martin allegedly breaking into a residence next to his home. While speaking to Martin,…
On April 20, 2017 the Long Beach Police Department arrested 28 Year Old Wendell Yarbrough III of Long Beach, MS and charged him with Armed Robbery. The arrest stems from the investigation of the armed robbery of Hancock Bank at…
The man wanted for robbing a Hancock Bank in Long Beach on Wednesday is now in custody. Long Beach police arrested him on Beatline Road, not far from where the robbery occurred. Authorities say the suspect walked into the bank…
The search continues for the person who robbed The Peoples Bank on Pass Road in Biloxi Monday afternoon. Police say the male suspect entered the bank unarmed and demanded money from two different bank tellers. The suspect is described as…
Today in Jackson County, murder suspect James Vanlaningham Jr. had a preliminary hearing for the charge of first degree murder of his girlfriend Amanda Hicks. The judge ruled there was enough evidence to send the case to a Jackson County…
A $40,000 bond is set for the Ocean Springs martial arts instructor accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile. Forty-eight year-old Allen Todd Pisarich appeared before a judge at his initial hearing this morning in Jackson County court. Pisarich is facing…
A Biloxi man was arrested this weekend after witnesses say they saw him choking then dragging his girlfriend on the concrete. Police responded to reports of the assault in the 2600 block of Le June Drive around 8:30 Saturday morning.…