GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- The Gulfport Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place on Wednesday afternoon. Officers with the police department responded to Rippy Road in reference to a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers found a male in the…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- The Picayune Police Department shared that detectives with the special operations division stopped a drug deal on Monday. The deal was seen at a business…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- An 18-year-old Gulfport man has been arrested on multiple charges by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office. 18-year-old Jamaro McNair was arrested on two felony counts of motor vehicle taking, one felony count of burglary of a…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- A shooting near an elementary school Tuesday afternoon led to a swift police response and the arrest of several juvenile suspects. On September 23 at 4:45, officers responded to a shooting near Eastlawn Elementary. The incident began…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Two people have been arrested in Gulfport on charges of trafficking fentanyl. On September 22, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 29-year-old Kevon Barnes and 30-year-old Danielle Jordan on those charges. After an intelligence led operation spanning several…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Three teenagers are behind bars after shooting into a home in Gulfport. One is facing charges of threatening a law enforcement officer during the investigation. Eighteen-year-old Treyshun Whittle and two 17-year-olds are all charged with shooting into…
WIGGINS, Miss. (WXXV)- A federal jury has convicted a man of vandalizing and setting fire to a church in Wiggins last year. According to our media partner the…
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The person killed in Sunday morning’s deputy-involved shooting in Hancock County has been identified. Hancock County Coroner Jeff Hair says the man is 51-year-old Willie Carroll of Cypress, Texas. Hancock County Sheriff’s officials say they were…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department shared an arrest was made at a safety checkpoint on September 9. At the checkpoint, deputies found Bryan Davis driving with a suspended driver’s license. A lawful search of…
By COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — Three teens were critically wounded in a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, including the suspected shooter, on Wednesday, authorities said. The shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen,…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- A Biloxi man has been sentenced for touching a child for lustful purposes. Fifty-eight-year-old Michael Gillich III was sentenced on one count of touching a child for lustful purposes. In November 2022, the Biloxi Police Department began…
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WXXV)- A Bay St. Louis doctor was arrested in Louisiana for indecent behavior with juveniles. Thirty-two-year-old Brandon Bunol is also charged with computer solicitation with a minor and the Louisiana Attorney Generals Office alleges Bunol had…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)-Biloxi police make an arrest in a deadly car crash all the way back on July 20. Twenty-three-year-old Katelyn Posey of Vancleave was taken into custody Friday on charges of DUI causing death. Biloxi Police say Posey was…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Gulfport Police arrested a woman for failing to stop for officers and drug possession. Forty-four-year-old Jennifer Parfait is charged with one count each of felony fleeing and possession of methamphetamines. Gulfport motorcycle officers saw Parfait run a…
BILOXI, MISS. (WXXV)- Twenty-four-year-old Dontavis Omar Magee, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty last Thursday, to shooting in the crowded parking lot of Surf Style on Highway 90 in Biloxi during Spring Break in 2023. A Biloxi police officer and four civilians…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Gautier man will serve 45 years for child exploitation. Twenty-six-year-old David Pace was sentenced for two counts of exploitation of a child and one count of felony child endangerment. According to Assistant District Attorney George…
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- The Biloxi police arrested a Moss Point man after the man allegedly threatened to shoot at people on Howard Avenue this past Sunday. Biloxi…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV)- A Picayune man was arrested on the offense of possession of child pornography. Officers of the Picayune Police Department responded to a business on Frontage Road on August 27. Upon arrival, the officers made contact with members…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) - In recent news in the City of Gulfport, several teens have been linked to criminal activity over the past few months. Just two weeks ago, the community held…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A Gulfport man will serve 30 years behind bars after pleading guilty to manslaughter. Fifty-one-year-old Octavius Louis Benton Sr. stabbed 44-year-old Damien Lindsey to death in August 2023. The stabbing happened after Lindsey hit Benton’s wheelchair bound…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-The Gulfport Police Department arrested a 15-year-old and charged him with one count of possession of a handgun on school property and one count of shooting at a vehicle. The teen is a student at Harrison County School…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A Gulfport man was sentenced for killing his girlfriend’s five-year-old son back in 2023. Thirty-two-year-old Denzel Jamal Blakely pled guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and felony child abuse. The investigation began on April 14, 2023 when the…
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley has announced multiple arrests related to the seizure of large amounts of cocaine. Hector Rodriguez-Valdez, Bryan Rodriguez-Valdez, and Raul Quijas-Aguero of Mexico were arrested on federal drug trafficking charges. On August…
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Drugs were found in a sweet tea jug, leading to the arrest of three people. The incident happened…