Resident Recounts What Happened in Moss Point Shooting
Germaine Williams had just come back home from the grocery store when she heard police sirens coming up the street Tuesday evening. Williams said "they sound like they coming…
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Two charged with drug trafficking after traffic stops in George County
Southeast Mississippi Narcotics Task Force made arrests during traffic stops in George County that resulted in the seizure of more than 70 grams of methamphetamine. Ladarius M. Johnson, 28, of Wilmer, Alabama, was arrested on November 12 after a traffic…
Biloxi Police investigating fatal shooting
Biloxi Police are investigating a shooting on Sunday night that left one dead and another in critical condition. Biloxi's Criminal Investigations Division said in a press release that officers responded to the 2000 block of Lawrence Street about 10:50 p.m.…
Pascagoula Police investigating shooting at basketball court
Pascagoula Police are investigating a report of a shots fired in the Orchard Road and Bayou Casotte area on Sunday afternoon. The incident is being investigated by the Criminal Investigations Division. Police are asking the public to avoid the area.…
Two arrested in armed robbery in Big Point community of Jackson County
Two people are charged with armed robbery that occurred in the Big Point community of Jackson County on Saturday night. Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a press release that deputies arrested Xavier…
Grand jury report on shooting of Joseph Rohrbacker
A partial grand jury report says the circumstances leading to the shooting of Joseph Rohrbacker by Hancock County deputies on February 1st were investigated. Rohrbacker was accused of…
Teenager killed in Stone County
A teenager is dead after a shooting in a quiet Wiggins neighborhood Tuesday night. The victim is Jacoby Bolton, who was shot once in the 1300 block of Hope Avenue. Police,…
Long Beach man to serve 30 years for rape conviction
District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that Orlando Darnell Carter, 25, of Long Beach, pleaded guilty late last week to one count of sexual battery and one count of forcible sexual intercourse before Circuit Judge Christopher Schmidt at the…
Moss Point man charged with aggravated assault
Pascagoula Police have charged a Moss Point man with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after finding a man stabbed in the neck. Police responded to the area of Live Oak Avenue and Market Street about 10 p.m. Wednesday for…
Biloxi bomb threat suspect arrested
A Georgia man is in jail after allegedly making a false bomb threat in Biloxi last week. According to police, 25-year-old Marcus Tyrone Geddis was tracked down and arrested after he…
Three men awaiting extradition to Jackson County on motor vehicle theft and commercial burglary charges
Three men are in jail in Lake Charles, Louisiana awaiting extradition to Jackson County on motor vehicle theft and commercial burglary charges. Sheriff Mike Ezell says surveillance video from Citizens Bank on Lemoyne Blvd in St. Martin shows a pickup…
Georgia man arrested for alleged false reporting of a bomb
The Biloxi Police Department arrested 25-year-old Marcus Tyrone Geddis of Columbus, GA on a warrant for alleged False Reporting of a Bomb. The arrest resulted from an investigation involving an alleged threat communicated by telephone to a business in the…
Gulfport Police, DEA, U.S. Attorney's Office teams up for narcotics, weapons bust
The Gulfport Police Department, D.E.A., and USAO announce arrests Tuesday of five people in connection with distribution of narcotics and firearms charges. Nigel Saunders, Sernareo Barnett and D’Laun Ball, all of Gulfport, and Mary Matthews and Jamaar Saunders of Biloxi,…
Biloxi superintendent reports gun discovered at high school in student's backpack
Biloxi Schools superintendent Marcus Boudreaux sent an email to parents on Tuesday morning informing them that a gun was found in a student's backpack. The email says no threats were made and the weapon was not exposed. It was discovered…
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers campaign to identify unregistered sex offenders
With Halloween less than a week away, double checking your trick-or-treating route and identifying sex offenders in your community may be something on your to-do list.…
Man sentenced to serve 20 years for Biloxi DUI causing death
Biloxi, Mississippi – Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Blaise Leggett, Jr., of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was sentenced today to 25 years, 5 years suspended, leaving 20 years to serve in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Leggett will be on post-release…
Bay St. Louis man serving 26 years for narcotics convictions
Bay St. Louis, MS – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that Willie Davis Lewis, 54, of Bay St. Louis pled guilty this week at the Hancock County Courthouse to Possession of a Controlled Substance and Tampering with Evidence.…
Long Beach asks public's help to identify suspect
The Long Beach Police Department is asking for the public's assistance to identify an individual wanted in connection with the burglary of several closed businesses on Pineville Road that occurred on Oct. 17, 2021. If…
Attorney: Cruz to plead guilty to Parkland school massacre
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The lawyers for accused Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz say he plans to plead guilty to the 2018 massacre at a Parkland high school. The guilty plea would set up…
Two trucks stolen from local dealership in Harrison County
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department is asking for help locating two trucks stolen from a local dealership in Harrison County. The two vehicles that were stolen were…
Arrested on the charge of receiving stolen property
D'Iberville Police Chief Wayne Payne announces the arrest of 26 year old Caleb Deshaun Skinner of D’Iberville and 36 year old Phillip Lebarron Watkins of Biloxi on the charge of Receiving Stolen Property. Captain Marty Griffin stated on Tuesday, October…
Jackson County man to serve 25 years after pleading guilty to sexual battery of a child
A Jackson County man will spend 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual battery and touching a child for lustful purposes. Cory William Skalla, 44, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery and one count of touching…
3 men dead, infant wounded in east Mississippi shooting
MERIDIAN (AP) — Three people are dead and an infant wounded after a shooting in Meridian. The gunfire happened Tuesday afternoon at a home on 17th Street, Meridian police said. Officers found that two of the men had been shot…
Jackson County man who shot his wife in court today
Vinet Moore, the 41-year-old man who shot his estranged wife in September, made a second appearance in Jackson County Court today. Moore is charged with the…