By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have pleaded guilty to federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who were brutalized during a home raid that ended when an officer shot…
Gulfport, MS – 39-year-old Diquane Zimar Mitchell of Highland Home, Alabama was revoked on felony post-release supervision from a 2011 Armed Robbery conviction in Gulfport after Mitchell was subsequently arrested by Alabama authorities on a new felony Aggravated Assault Domestic…
A man convicted of assaulting and exploiting a child has been sentenced to life without parole. Twenty-nine-year-old John McElhenney pleaded guilty to two of the eight…
A man accused of killing a Hancock deputy in 2021 will spend his life is prison after pleading guilty to capital murder. Thirty-one-year-old Michael Rohrbacker pleaded guilty to capital murder and two other charges today at the Harrison County Court…
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,…
A church in Biloxi has been vandalized not one, but twice in the span of three days. On Tuesday, Miracle Temple AOH Church of God was robbed and vandalized. The…
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…
The George County Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for a man who is a suspect in his wife's death. Sheriff Keith Havard said 32-year-old Jacob Kyle McIntosh of Lucedale is a suspect in the death of 31-year-old Kayla…
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…
Gulfport police are advising citizens to make sure they lock their doors to their vehicles and reminding them of the ‘9 p.m. routine.’ The police department has seen an…
On July 14, 2023 Chief Shannon Nobles announced the arrest of John Jorod Cortez Horton, 23, on the charge of aggravated assault, use of deadly weapon or other means likely to produce death or serious bodily harm. Chief Nobles said…
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.
Pascagoula Police are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect in a shooting. Police say the man the man pictured was involved in a shooting into a dwelling on July 19 in the area of Skip Avenue, west of…
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…
A 16-year-old Vancleave girl pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder in the shooting of an Ocean Springs teenager. Bridgett Forehand, 14 at the time, shot and killed 19-year-old…
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a truck and person accused of stealing a trailer. It happened on July 16th around 4:40 in…
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…
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…
A Long Beach man is back in jail after he tried to flee from police during a traffic stop. Harrison County deputies deployed a K-9 to apprehend Savarese. Long Beach Police Chief Billy Seal said 34-year-old Michael Savarese was arrested…
On July 21, 2023 the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division received an anonymous tip concerning Joseph Peter Berge III, a wanted fugitive from Washington State since October 2019. Joseph Berge was believed to be living with his girlfriend,…
GAUTIER, MS – On Thursday, July 20, 2023, Jaqwan Coleman-Pittman of Gautier was charged and arrested for aggravated assault in relation to the shooting at the Gautier Community Center. Coleman-Pittman is 16-years-old and has been charged as an adult. His…
The victim in a Thursday shooting at a Jackson County hotel has died and the suspected shooter is now charged with murder. The suspect is 20-year-old Quinton Biggs…
GAUTIER, MS – On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, the Gautier Police Department responded to Ocean Springs Hospital for a reported 13-year-old gunshot victim. The Criminal Investigation Division learned that the incident occurred in the 1800 block of Springridge Road in…
Gulfport Police have arrested a suspect in an armed robbery at Premium Outlets. 43-year-old Michael Shun Schaffran was arrested Sunday afternoon. He is charged with armed robbery. His bond is set at $250,000. Police were called to the outlet mall…