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Picayune Police interrupt dinner for drug arrests

Picayune Police officers taking a dinner break while on duty Sunday evening when dinner was interrupted by work. Officers with the Neighborhood Enhancement Team were eating when they were told someone had been in the restaurant's restroom for an unusually…

Moss Point man charged with sex crime

A Moss Point man is in jail, charged with sexual battery. 38-year-old Steven Knox was arrested Wednesday night on an outstanding warrant. Police said the victim reported a sexual assault on February 11 and swore out an affadavit about the…

Biloxi man sentenced to maximum for aggravated assault

Gulfport, Miss. – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced that Billy Shannell Nailer, Jr., age 50, of Biloxi, was sentenced today to the maximum 20 years day-for-day for aggravated assault. Nailer was convicted of aggravated assault following a jury trial…

Wanted for robbery in Jackson County

Investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department are asking for assistance in locating 34-year-old Paul Kenneth Schrage. Schrage has an outstanding warrant for Robbery, occurring in the St. Martin community of Jackson County. Investigators say he should be driving an…

Charged with possession of a controlled substance

On Monday, February 06, 2023, at approximately 6:11 p.m., Biloxi Police Officers responded to the 900 Block of Cedar Lake Road in reference to a larceny complaint. During the course of the investigation, officers received information that led them to…