crime

Biloxi PD searching for shoplifting suspect

The Biloxi Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in helping to identify a subject. The unknown male subject allegedly shoplifted goods displayed for sale from a business on CT. Switzer Sr. Drive on July 12th, 2023. The unknown male…

Arrested on one felony count of aggravated assault

On Monday, August 7, 2023 Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 54-year-old Scotte Myers on one felony count of Aggravated Assault. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, on Saturday, August 5, 2023, Harrison County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a fight…

Arrests made in connection to Gulfport shooting

On August 4, 2023, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 17-year-old Cornelius Demetric Lampley Jr. and charged him with one count of Armed Robbery and one count of Aggravated Assault. On August 4, 2023, at approximately 1:25 p.m., the Gulfport Police…

Shooting on Dedeaux Road in Gulfport

A shooting happened early afternoon near the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company in Gulfport. According to witnesses, an alleged employee was shot in the employee parking lot of the company off…

Suspect in Gulfport drive-by shooting in custody

Gulfport Police on Saturday night announced the arrest of a third suspect wanted in a drive-by shooting on Faust Drive. Alphonso Jerome Elzy Jr., 17,  was developed as a suspect in the drive-by. A felony warrant through the Gulfport Police,…

Wanted in connection with drive-by shooting in Gulfport

On July 24, 2023, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 16-year-old Antonio Demarcus Harper and 18-year-old Bruce Ellis Lowery and charged them both with three counts of Aggravated Assault. On July 24, 2023, at approximately 4:45 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department…

Two arrested after midnight traffic stop in Gulfport

On July 27, 2023, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 20-year-old Jontae Da’quarius McNeal and charged him with one count of Possession of a Stolen Firearm, and a 16-year-old juvenile was charged with six counts of Burglary of a Vehicle. On…

Waveland Police searching for grand larceny suspect

Waveland Police are asking the public's help to identify a suspect in a grand larceny case. The suspect also was driving a red and black short-bed truck. Anyone with information is asked to call Waveland Police at 228-467-3669.    

Teenagers charged with aggravated assault in Gulfport

On July 24, 2023, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 16-year-old Antonio Demarcus Harper and 18-year-old Bruce Ellis Lowery and charged them both with three counts of Aggravated Assault. On July 24, 2023, at approximately 4:45 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department…

Biloxi man sentenced in murder of his father

Biloxi, Mississippi – 43-year-old Noble Van-Leigh Marske, II, of Biloxi, Mississippi pled guilty today to Second-Degree Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence in the death of his father, Van Leigh Marske. The murder occurred in September 2021. Marske was sentenced…

Charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling

Gautier Police and Jackson County Sheriff’s Investigators have each charged 18-year-old Kevin Spain with one count of shooting into an occupied dwelling. One shooting took place July 17 in Gautier, and the other occurred in the St. Martin area on…