Man pleads guilty to shooting at Biloxi officer
A Florida man has plead guilty to shooting at a Biloxi police officer last year. Twenty-five-year-old Willie Byrd pled guilty to one count of receiving stolen property and…
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Student taken into custody hours after Texas school shooting
By JAMIE STENGLE and JILL BLEED Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Police have arrested a student suspected of opening fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school, leaving four people injured. Police say 18-year-old Timothy George Simpkins fled…
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seize narcotics on the Coast
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol along with the Southern Mississippi Metro Enforcement Team arrested two Honduran nationals and seized six kilos of narcotics worth $170,000…
Arrested and charged with aggravated assault in Hancock County
On September 29, 2021, the Bay St. Louis Police Department arrested Deon Morgan, a 42-year-old male of Hancock County, MS., and charged him with aggravated assault. On September 17, 2021, at approximately 11:40 p.m. Officers of the Bay St. Louis…
Two teenagers charged in armed robbery of gas station in St. Andrews community in Jackson County
Two teenagers are in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center, charged as adults with armed robbery. Sheriff Mike Ezell says around 5:45 Wednesday morning, 16-year old Justin Jeffrey Boyer and 15-year old Jarrezz Odie held up the Shell station in…
Large contraband bust at South Mississippi Correctional Facility
Authorities have executed a massive contraband bust at the South Mississippi Correctional Facility in Leakesville. According to our media partner the Sun Herald, Fifty-nine-year-old Pervis Everett is the…
Bay St. Louis man sentenced to 40 years for murder
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said that 33-year-old Drew Daniel Bourgeois, of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi pled guilty yesterday to one count of Second-Degree Murder. Judge Larry Bourgeois sentenced the defendant to 40 years, 10…
Auditor’s Office arrests Former Circuit Clerk of Stone County
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…
One arrested after high speed chase through two South Mississippi counties
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…
Hancock County man to serve more than 20 years for shooting federal officer
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…
Escaped inmates from Poplarville jail back in custody
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…
George County asking public's help to identify suspects in attempted ATM theft
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 investigators piece together case, identify 'Escatawpa Jane Doe'
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…
Mobile man charged in shooting death of man at Golden Nugget Casino
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 his 30-month sentence
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…
Sentenced for one count of arson-first degree as a habitual offender
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…
Pascagoula man gets life after pleading guilty to capital murder of Dustin Suttles
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…
Noble V. Marske charged with murdering his father
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…
UPDATE: St. Martin man charged with attempted murder after seven hour standoff
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…
Armed robbery suspect wanted in Ocean Springs
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. …
Ocean Springs man arrested on the charge of manslaughter-culpable negligence
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…
Man wanted in connection with a theft in Gulfport
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…
Biloxi VA employee pleads guilty to stealing VA property
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…
Arrest warrants issued for man who caused disturbance during live weather report
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…