A Biloxi businessman has pled guilty in a kickback scheme involving the former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, as well as former Harrison County Supervisor William Martin who died of an apparent suicide when he was scheduled to…
According to Pass Christian Police Chief Tim Hendricks, the arrests already made are a big step in the right direction but a motive behind the post-parade shooting is still unknown. Today, News 25’s Shelby Myers caught up with Chief Hendricks…
Coast law enforcement authorities are still trying to get to the bottom of the cause of the shooting at the Mardi Gras parade in Pass Christian. Today, they did release more information on the arrests they’ve made. Fifty-one year-old Sharon…
Gulfport police arrested a man accused of attempted rape and kidnapping in the area of club BluEnvy in Gulfport. Thirty-nine year-old Maurice Pugh of Laurel is accused of grabbing a female by the neck and dragging her off the grounds of…
On February 14, 2016, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 39 year old Maurice Vernado Pugh, of Laurel, MS, on the charges of Kidnapping, Attempted Rape, Resisting Arrest by Flight, and Possession of Marijuana. The arrest was the result of a…
Today, Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 52-year-old Sharon Ann Johnson of Gulfport for hindering prosecution related to the Pass Christian Mardi Gras shooting. Johnson is accused of removing and disposing evidence that was located at Memorial…
Police in Clarksdale now say two suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting of a police officer. Corporal Derrick Couch was shot in the head while investigating a robbery yesterday. Police had surveillance video of the two suspects…
Two convicted sex offenders were arrested in Jackson County. Twenty-nine year-old Antonio Clark was picked back up on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear and re-register every 90 days as required by the state. He was arrested in Ocean…
It’s a cold case that dates back to the 90s. Skeletal remains of a woman were found in Moss Point in 1997. Decades later, a killer remains on the loose. Today, News 25’s Shelby Myers sat down with a son…
Three people are now behind bars, charged with human trafficking, after Biloxi police began investigating reports of a missing minor. News 25’s Kristen Durand has details on the victim’s rescue and more about human trafficking on the Coast. It’s a…
A Biloxi police officer is recovering after being hit by a car while directing traffic on Division Street today. It happened after the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Parade. The officer, who has not been identified, was transported to Merit Health…
A Vancleave man is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 57 late Friday night. Twenty-one year-old Tyler Levins was taken off life support at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The search continues for the vehicle and the suspect that…
An investigation continues as a Moss Point man sits behind bars in connection to a fatal hit and run accident in D’iberville Saturday. Police arrested 24-year-old Markey Tanner on the charge of hit and run causing death. The victim, 22-year-old…
Pass Christian Police Chief Tim Hendricks shuts down rumors of domestic terrorism and racial conflicts, as motives for Sunday’s fatal shooting at the Mardi Gras parade are still under investigation. News 25’s Laurene Callander was at today’s press conference where…
The investigation into human trafficking that allegedly took place at a Jackson County massage parlor continues. The business, JJ Spa Massages, remains shut down nearly three months after authorities raided it and arrested two people on prostitution charges. Jackson County…
An Ocean Springs man is accused of threatening and harassing a pastor, staff and parishioners of a local church. Police say some of the communication included both threats of violence and racial slurs. Fifty-five year-old Vincent Drummond is charged with…
Gulfport police have made an arrest in Friday’s armed robbery at Hancock Bank off north Highway 49. Twenty-five year-old Daniel Lee Murphy of Saucier is charged with armed robbery in the case. The crime was captured on the bank’s surveillance…
Gulfport police are asking for the public’s assistance locating the suspect in an armed robbery at Hancock Bank off Highway 49 in north Gulfport. Police say the suspect entered the building, implied he had a weapon and demanded the teller…
Police are investigating a robbery at Hancock Bank off Highway 49 in north Gulfport. Calls began pouring into our newsroom just after 5 o’clock about all the activity at and around the bank, including several cop cars and a K-9…
A former Long Beach police officer was sentenced to serve 24 years in prison for the statutory rape of his teenage girlfriend while on duty. Forty-five year-old Patrick Klis had previously pled guilty to two counts of statutory rape of…
It was a scary moment for residents on 24th Street in Gulfport this morning after police shut down the road and a SWAT team surrounded a home with an armed man barricaded inside. War veteran Cody Landry was taken into…
Three people have been arrested after an armed robbery at a Pass Road business Monday afternoon. Gulfport police responded to Tobacco and Beer Discount Store. Officers learned a man had approached a store clerk with a handgun, demanded money and…
New developments in the gun shop shooting in Pearl River County over the weekend that left the store’s owner and his dead and two customers, who were also a father and son duo, in the hospital. Chief Deputy Shane Tucker…
Police believe they have identified two of the three women who shoplifted and assaulted a Kohl’s worker in D’iberville. Authorities believe two of the three suspects in surveillance video from January 15th are Fredreanna Michelle Quin and Tykeshia Barnes, both…