crime

Men Threaten Business Man to Take Down Flag

The Hancock County Sheriff's Department is on the lookout for four black men in a silver or gray sedan with dark tint on the window after they allegedly threatened a roadside business owner to take down his American flag. Early…

Pascagoula Shooting Leaves Neighbors in Shock

The victim of an early morning shooting in Pascagoula is in the hospital in stable condition. Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the body after responding to a call about a shooting around 1:30 a.m. in…

Cyber Scam Conviction

Nineteen people are indicted and a Los Angeles woman is convicted in a global cybercrime scam first reported in Biloxi. Forty-four year-old Genoveva Farfan received eight years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and…

Negotiation Ends Peacefully After Shots Fired

Hours of negotiation ends peacefully in Gulfport after a man shot his gun inside of his home off 25th Street this morning. News 25’s Laurene Callander has the details. It was a scary sight as neighbors watched on the sidewalk…

Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Murder

Today a Latin Kings gang member pleaded guilty to the murder of a transgender teen. Josh Vallum appeared in George County Circuit Court today, entering a guilty plea in the beating death of Mercedes Williamson of Theodore back in 2015.…

Former D’Iberville High Quarterback Arrested

Former D’Iberville High School quarterback Jacquelle Green was arrested today on four counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Eighteen-year-old Green was wanted by Pensacola, Florida police and will be transported to the…

Do you Know this Person?

Biloxi police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with a burglary. Police say the crime happened on July 3rd at the M and N Casino Mart on Oak Street. If you have…

Burglars Caught on Tape

Ocean Springs police need your help locating two men caught on camera robbing a wireless phone store. Surveillance video shows two males entering the Cricket Wireless building and then taking several items off of the shelves and some on display.…

Mother, Daughter Embezzlement Charges

A Gulfport woman and her daughter are behind bars, charged with embezzling money using a casino player’s card. Forty-two year-old Alicia Harrison was arrested after the Golden Nugget’s security team’s investigation showed she had been altering player’s cards and giving…

Bond Hearing for Nathan McCrory

Bond for the Jackson County man accused of abusing his three-year-old son is set at $100,000. Nathan McCrory will also be on house arrest with a curfew of 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. He will have to wear an alcohol…

Bond Set for Man Accused of Abusing Three-Year-Old Son

Bond for the man accused of abusing his three-year-old is set for $100,000. Nathan McCrory faces charges of felony child abuse and marijuana cultivation. His son, Zander Saucier, suffered 30 injuries back in April that McCrory’s attorney says he sustained…

Tellis Charged for Second Murder in Monroe, Louisiana

A man facing charges of burning a 19-year-old Mississippi woman to death in 2014 is now being accused in the 2015 death of a University of Louisiana-Monroe graduate student. Monroe Police Detective Chris Bates says a warrant for first degree…

Mississippi Senator Arrested for Assault

The Olive Branch Police Chief says Mississippi State Senator Chris Massey has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault after a fight in a subdivision. Chief Don Gammage tells the Associated Press that Massey is accused of hurting another person…

Aggravated Domestic Assault Arrest

Gulfport police have arrested Merlin Williams after officials say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend several times. Officials say that the victim was involved in an argument with Williams. During the argument, Williams pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim multiple…

Aggravated Domestic Assault

A woman is behind bars this morning for aggravated domestic assault after a Fourth of July stabbing. Police arrested 19-year-old Jamia Parker of Biloxi after a stabbing took place on Haise Street. The victim was taken to a local hospital…

Arrest Made in Shooting at Gulf Mist Apartments

On July 1, 2016, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 25 year old Michael Phillip Peden, of Gulfport, on the charge of 1st Degree Murder. The arrest was the result of an investigation into a shooting reported at approximately 3:35 a.m.…

Man Shot and Killed in Gulfport

The main question on resident’s minds at the Gulf Mist Apartments: who was the 30-year-old man shot and killed at their complex? According to Jamie Hatcher, the manager of the complex, Christopher Jerome Smith did not live at Gulf Mist.…

Homicide Investigation Underway in Gulfport

Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove tells News 25 he is on the scene of a homicide investigation at the Gulf Mist Apartment Complex in Gulfport. Reporter Laurene Callander is en route to the scene and will have live reports throughout…

State Senator Sentenced to Jail

Former state senator Tommy Robertson has been sentenced to ten years in prison by Special Judge Richard McKenzie in Jackson County Circuit Court on embezzlement charges. Robertson will serve two years for embezzling over $379,000 of a $484,000 construction loan…

Crime Prevention Workshop

Residents, parents and community leaders continue the fight to revitalize the east Moss Point area. Moss Point police held a crime prevention and awareness workshop this evening at Kreole Primary School on Martin Luther King Boulevard. The workshop is designed…

Manhunt in Jackson County

A manhunt continues in Jackson County after authorities say a man jumped into Davis Bayou to flee from a traffic stop. According to Ocean Springs Police Captain William Jackson, 34-year-old Jason Aldrich was stopped by the University of Southern Miss…

Gulfport Murder Suspect Arrested in Florida

Gulfport Police Sergeant Damon McDaniel tells News 25 18 year old Juwan Johnson has been arrested in Lake County, Florida.  Johnson was wanted in the June 8 killing of 21 year old Stanton Saunders. Police say Johnson shot Saunders in…

Gulfport Town Hall Meeting

In the wake of recent homicides in the City of Gulfport, community leaders called on residents to unite for a roundtable discussion on how to combat acts of violence in the area. News 25’s Kendra Turley takes us inside tonight’s…