crime

Man charged in 2022 Gulfport shooting

On March 6, 2024, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 31-year-old Jarvis Dante Daniels and charged him with one count of 1st Degree Murder and one count of Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling. On August 29, 2022, at approximately 7:21 p.m.,…

Long Beach man sentenced to life for murder of wife

Gulfport, Mississippi – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that 39-year-old Robert John Oshinski, of Long Beach, pled guilty to murdering his wife, Ashley Barbara, on the morning of January 9, 2022. After accepting the guilty plea on the…

Saucier man sentenced to 60 years for sex crimes

Gulfport, MS – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that Kendal Wayne Bodie of Saucier, Mississippi, age 37, was convicted by a Harrison County jury of two counts of Sexual Battery and one count of Touching of a Child…

Charged with armed robbery in Gulfport

On February 29, 2024, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 36-year-old Milki Mussa Ibrahim and charged him with two counts of armed robbery, one count of possession of a weapon after felony conviction, and one count of escape. On February 23,…

Vancleave man arrested for auto burglary in Biloxi

On February 28, 2024, the Biloxi Police Department arrested 28-year-old Robert Cunningham of Vancleave on a charge of Auto Burglary. The arrest was a result of Biloxi Patrol Officers responding to the 100 Block of Howard Avenue around 1:58 am,…

Arrested for armed robbery in Long Beach

The Long Beach Police Department arrested 38-year-old Ashikkumar G. Patel, of Mount Airy, MD and charged him with one count of Armed Robbery. The arrest was the result of the investigation where Patel entered a convenience store on Railroad Street,…

Charged with felony count of commercial burglary

Forty-eight-year-old Ricky Keith Bane was arrested on one felony count of commercial burglary in Harrison County. According to Sheriff Matt Haley, on February 21st, Harrison County deputies responded to Sai’s Quickstop for the report of a burglary of a business.…

Bay St. Louis man charged with aggravated assault

On February 20th, Waveland officers were dispatched to the area of Sharon Street regarding a domestic dispute. Officers arrived and spoke to the victim, a 17-year-old female. The victim advised that she was at her friend’s residence when her boyfriend…

Pled guilty to sexual abuse of a female child

On February 20, 2024, Brandon Joseph Merrill, 40 years old, of Moss Point, pled guilty and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Calvin Taylor for Merrill’s abuse of a female child from the time she was 9 years old until…

Charged with aggravated assault in Biloxi

On Saturday, February 10, 2024 around 8:09 pm, a Biloxi Police Officer was patrolling the 2000 block of Pass Road when two unknown males were in the middle of the roadway, impeding traffic. Upon attempting to make contact, one subject,…

Woman charged with stabbing man in the back

A 19-year-old Ocean Springs woman is in jail, charged with stabbing a man in the back. Ocean Springs Police Chief Ryan LeMaire said officers responded to a disturbance at a home in the 3900 block of Government Street on Sunday…

Gulfport Police investigating early morning homicide

Gulfport Police are investigating an early morning homicide with a 16-year-old victim. Officers were called to the 16000 block of Kenwood Drive about 2:19 a.m. in reference to a shooting. When they arrived, they found a male dead from apparent…

Two arrested in Waveland burglary of smoke store

A Bay St. Louis man and a juvenile have been charged with commercial burglary in connection with a break-in and robbery of a store on Highway 90 in Waveland. Police Chief Mike Prendergast said 29-year-old Jarrett Garth of Bay St.…