A George County corrections officer is now behind bars after allegations surfaced he had been in a sexual relationship with an inmate at George County Regional Jail. Fifty-eight year-old Warren Avery has been charged with two counts of sex with…
A former Mississippi State University employee turns herself in for embezzlement. Special agents with the Office of the State Auditor determined 63-year-old Susan Holder received excessive reimbursement for travel to the tune of $35,500. Evidence shows Holder charged travel to…
A Biloxi man is behind bars and charged with kidnapping his son over the weekend. Twenty-seven year-old Billy Gray was visiting his seven-year-old son at the boy’s mother’s home in St. Martin Saturday afternoon. The mother left him in his…
A Biloxi man is behind bars after allegedly hitting a woman with his car and then forcing her into his vehicle. According to Biloxi police, 47-year-old Sherad Malone was booked on charges of aggravated domestic violence after a witness reportedly…
The man many say received too lenient a sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman registers as a sex offender. This morning, Brock Turner arrived at the Greene County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio where he registered as a convicted sex…
Former Biloxi High School football player Devoriae Martin is back behind bars after he failed to show up for court on multiple charges. Martin is accused of committing several crimes in 2015 including kidnapping, armed robbery and embezzlement. The former…
Bond was set today for a man accused of committing three strong armed robberies in a 24 hour span in Jackson County. A $20,000 bond was set for 32-year-old Richard Roundtree of Ocean Springs after allegedly robbing three stores in…
Police in a small Mississippi city say they have discovered the bodies of two Catholic nuns. The women were found in their home and authorities believe they are homicide victims. Police were called to check on the nuns when they…
A Vancleave man is back in jail for violating his probation. His relatives are charged with trying to help him while he was on the run. Twenty-four year-old Shelby Hines is accused of violating his probation by walking away from…
A Biloxi man is being held on a $50,000 bond and is charged with arson after a church fire on Oak Street. Biloxi police have arrested a man after he allegedly started a fire at the front doors of a…
Biloxi Patrol Officers and members of the Biloxi Fire Department responded to 171 Oak Street (Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church) in reference to a fire. A witness reported the incident after seeing a male standing near the front doors of the…
One Gulfport councilwoman is fighting back against recent burglaries and is asking the community for support. Ella Holmes-Hines is hosting a meeting at the Isaiah Fredrick’s Community Center at 6 p.m. for open dialogue between residents and law enforcement. This…
Law enforcers with the Jackson County Sheriff’s department say they’re getting more reports of counterfeit money changing hands and enough is enough. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell tells News 25 that businesses and individuals are reporting counterfeit money on a…
Investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department say they're getting more reports of counterfeit money changing hands and enough is enough. News 25’s Shelby Myers tells us what you need to know to avoid becoming the victim of a scam.
Two suspects are behind bars in connection to the stabbing death of Moss Point educator Willie C. Williams. Moss Point police arrested 23-year-old Lee Andrew Gipson of Moss Point and 24-year-old Kierra Shante McWilliams of Moss Point. Gipson is charged…
Bond has been set for the Jackson County man accused of killing a man in Vancleave Monday night. Fifty-seven year-old Mose Ben Wells made his initial court appearance in Jackson County today before Judge Larry T. Wilson. The victim’s mother…
The 57-year-old Vancleave man accused of killing his cousin last night will make an initial appearance in court tomorrow. According to Jackson County investigators, Mose Ben Wells will appear before Jackson County Judge T. Larry Wilson for a formal reading…
One Jackson County man is in custody charged with murder after authorities say he shot his own cousin. Jackson County Sheriff investigators say 57-year-old Mose Ben Wells shot his cousin, 41-year-old Eric Hampton, on McGregor Road in Vancleave. The victim…
The man accused of killing five people over the weekend was extradited from Mississippi to Alabama. Officials say 27-year-old Derrick Dearman entered the Citronelle home belonging to a relative of his girlfriend and murdered five people, including a pregnant woman.…
An argument between two men at a Moss Point convenience store leaves one man hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The argument took place in front of the Moss Point Express on Main Street just before 1 o’clock this afternoon. According to…
Residents of a southwest Alabama town where five people were slain are trying to raise money to help the victims’ families pay funeral expenses. Relatives of some of the victims have started an online fundraiser and a plastic jug for…
Police continue to search for answers that led to the death of a retired Moss Point principal this afternoon. The 64-year-old victim was found dead with multiple stab wounds inside of his Moss Point home. News 25’s Kendra Turley brings…
Police are investigating a murder scene in Moss Point this evening. A bloody scene at the home of the victim, a 64-year-old former educator in the Moss Point School District who was found stabbed multiple times earlier today. News 25’s…
The federal judge who more than doubled former Saints football star Darren Sharper’s prison sentence told him that courts cannot ignore the damage he inflicted on women and on society at large. Sharper was sentenced to 18 years for drugging…