JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested former Stone County Circuit Clerk Jeffrey O’Neal after he was indicted on four counts of embezzlement in Stone County. A $335,353.61 demand letter was presented…
The George County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Justin Lee Miller (31) of Lucedale, MS, after a high-speed chase through two counties that involved multiple jurisdictions. At approximately 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, September 23rd, 2021, GCSO Deputies attempted a traffic stop…
A Hancock County man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after shooting a federal officer in relation to a crime of violence. Joseph Dale Sonnier, 32, pleaded guilty April 1 in federal court to assault of a…
POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Two inmates were back behind bars Wednesday after escaping a Mississippi jail over the weekend. Authorities received a tip late Tuesday that Rodney Wayne Smith and Jonathan Theo Culpepper were hiding out in a home in…
The George County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public's help to identify suspects in connection with an attempted theft of an ATM in Benndale. Sheriff Keith Havard said in a press release that on Saturday about 1:45 a.m., deputies responded…
Jackson County Sheriff's Department investigators have identified the remains of a woman found in 1977 and believe she was killed by a serial killer who was coming through the state en route to Florida. Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a…
A Mobile man is charged in the shooting death of a Gulfport man at Golden Nugget Casino early Saturday morning. Jereme Lamond Jones, 30, of Mobile was charged with first degree murder…
Former Moss Point Mayor Mario King begins serving his 30-month sentence today. This sentence comes after he and his wife Natasha each plead guilty earlier this…
Andrea Lakena Price, 38, pled guilty to one count of Arson-First Degree as a Habitual Offender on July 30, 2021 and was sentenced on September 3, 2021 by Judge Kathy King Jackson to twenty years in the custody of the…
A Pascagoula man charged in the 2020 death of Dustin Suttles will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Joseph Paul McLeod, 33, entered a guilty plea to capital murder before Circuit Judge Dale Harkey on Tuesday. He was…
A Biloxi man was arrested last Friday after his father’s body was found in Bay St. Louis. Noble V. Marske was charged with first-degree murder by the Biloxi Police…
The man accused of shooting his wife twice in their St. Martin home early Thursday morning is in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center. After consulting with County Court Judge Mark Watts this morning, investigators have upgraded the charges against…
On September 9, 2021 at 11:41 A.M., Officers with the Ocean Springs Police Department responded to an armed robbery at Dollar General which is located at 4401 Bienville Blvd. The suspect entered the establishment, brandished a firearm, and demanded money. …
D'Iberville Police Chief Wayne Payne announces the arrest of Jerome Kenneth Jenkins Jr., 19, from Ocean Springs, on the charge of Manslaughter-Culpable Negligence, in the death of Dalien Marquez Currie. Captain Marty Griffin said D ’Iberville Police Officers responded at…
On May 27, 2021, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 12000 block of John Ross Road in reference to a Theft. During the course of the investigation, Detectives learned the suspect, identified as Ricky Alan…
Gulfport, Miss. – A Saucier man pled guilty to stealing government property, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey A. Breen of the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) South Central Field Office. According…
On August 30, 2021, at approximately 12:38 p.m., the Gulfport Police Department responded to a complaint that an MSNBC reporter was assaulted by a suspect who was traveling in a white Ford F150 truck on Highway 90 during the city-wide…
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations is involved in an officer-related shooting Monday that occurred during a call about another shooting in Pearlington. According to the Sea Coast Echo, deputies who were dispatched to Kelly Road early Monday about a shooting…
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said in a press release Monday that a Saucier man has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend. Peterson said that on Friday, his office received information from the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office. He…
A Biloxi woman who supported a shopping addiction by embezzling $303,000 from her employer will serve five years on probation for her crime. Thirty-seven-year-old Elizabeth O’Neil was sentenced to…
A Mississippi pharmacist pleaded guilty today and a Louisiana marketer pleaded guilty on Aug. 12 in the Southern District of Mississippi for their roles in a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies by paying kickbacks to distributors…
The man accused of killing Biloxi Police Officer Robert McKeithen in 2019 will stand trial in Biloxi, but with a jury…
On August 14, 2021, the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 1800 block of Pass Road in reference to an Armed Robbery. At approximately 9:39 a.m., two suspects entered the business and demanded money. One suspect brandished a firearm while…
The Biloxi Police Department is requesting assistance with identifying the individuals in photos released to the media. The man and woman are wanted for questioning regarding an alleged fraud that occurred on Sunday, August 8, 2021, near the 2400 block…