Appeals court upholds sex crime sentencing of Hancock County man
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Hancock County man found guilty of trying to force two young…
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George County man arrested, charged with child sexual battery following investigation
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A George County man is behind bars after a child reported sexual abuse to their parents. Dustin Merrill was taken into…
UPDATE: Victims identified in shooting at Walmart gas station
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Gulfport Police are investigating a shooting that left two people dead and another injured Tuesday afternoon at a local gas station. Officers responded at 1:33 p.m. to the Walmart Neighborhood…
Woman arrested, charged in Ocean Springs after allegedly stabbing family members
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- The Ocean Springs police department responded to Highland Trailer Park Tuesday for a reported stabbing involving family members. Officers say 23-year-old Angeletta Faith King was detained after allegedly stabbing two family members with scissors during an…
Naked Man Shot Dead After Altercation in Biloxi Neighborhood
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)— Biloxi police are investigating a deadly incident that began with multiple 911 calls reporting a naked man in a residential area near Woolmarket Lake Road. According to the Biloxi Police Department, dispatchers received a 911 call around…
Gulfport Teen Sentenced to 20 years
Gulport, Miss (WXXV) A Gulfport teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in a deadly 2024 shooting. According to the District Attorney’s Office, the teen pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 16-year-old…
Man arrested in Wiggins on sexual battery, child exploitation charges; investigation ongoing
WIGGINS, Miss. (WXXV)- A man has been arrested in Wiggins in connection to an ongoing sexual battery investigation. The Wiggins Police Department says Jesse Stiles was arrested and charged with one count of sexual battery and two counts of touching…
Gulfport Police arrest 40-year-old man on child enticement charge after online investigation
Gulfport, Miss. (WXXV)- An online investigation leads to the arrest of a 40-year-old man in Gulfport. Ian Vohn Pehnke was arrested and charged with enticement of a child to produce a visual depiction of sexual conduction. On October 8, as…
Man arrested on multiple charges in Pearl River County
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department is sharing details on an arrest made May 8. Robert Hayden was wanted on multiple warrants,…
Gulfport PD searching for armed and dangerous suspect wanted in drive-by shooting case
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Gulfport Police Department is searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting. Twenty-one-year-old Deshawn Marques Reed is currently wanted on a felony active warrant for drive-by shooting. Reed is described as a black male…
Man arrested on multiple charges after fleeing traffic stop in Gulfport
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-A Gulfport man is facing multiple charges after police say he fled a traffic stop in a car linked to a recent vehicle burglary. Fifty-eight-year-old Roy Rodney Robinson was arrested and charged with felony fleeing and burglary of…
Former Gulfport officer charged in prostitution solicitation investigation
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A former Gulfport police officer has been charged in a prostitution solicitation investigation. Gulfport Police Chief Adam Cooper released a letter Friday about the matter, saying Kurwin Smith resigned from his position and is no longer employed…
Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked
By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked. While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial…
17-year-old arrested, charged with aggravated assault in Gulfport shooting
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) -The Gulfport Police Department arrested a 17-year-old in connection to a shooting that left one man injured. On May 14, officers responded to the 3300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard following reports of a shooting.…
Fentanyl strike force in Mississippi results in dozens of arrests, ICE detainers
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the completion of two recent fentanyl strike force operations in Mississippi. The operations happened in Meridian on May 7…
Harrison County Sheriff's Office investigating shooting on Palmer Creek Drive
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — The Harrison County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting on Palmer Creek Drive off of East Wortham Road. HCSO says it happened around 6:00 on Wednesday evening. This is an ongoing investigation. We will keep…
Lucedale Man arrested, charged with aggravated assault in George County shooting
LUCEDALE, Miss. (WXXV) — A Lucedale man has been arrested and charged following a shooting reported Tuesday night in George County. According to the George County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 8:51 p.m. on May 5, 2026, to the 100…
Two arrested in Pearl River County after traffic stop
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department is sharing details about an arrest made at the end of April. A traffic stop was made…
Two arrested after search warrant in Pearl River County
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department is sharing details about an arrest made last week. On April 29, the sheriff’s department narcotics…
Lucedale man sentenced in 2024 murder case in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Lucedale man has been convicted in a deadly 2024 shooting outside a Jackson County bar. Twenty-three-year-old Charles Mason IV was found guilty by a Jackson County jury of first-degree murder and four counts of aggravated…
Four arrested, three victims rescued in Biloxi in nationwide human trafficking operation
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)-A nation-wide human trafficking crackdown leads to multiple arrests and rescued victims in Biloxi. Three victims were recovered and four suspected traffickers were taken into custody in Biloxi as a result of Mississippi’s participation in Operation Coast to…
US soldier charged with using intel to win $400K on Maduro raid to appear in court in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier is due in federal court in New York on Tuesday on charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to win more than $400,000 on…
Southaven man arrested on child grooming charge in Jackson County investigation
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)-A Southaven man has been arrested on a warrant on the charge of grooming a child after an investigation in Jackson County. Authorities say 38-year-old Justin Giles was taken into custody last week by the DeSoto County…
A judge orders suspect to be held without bond in 2 USF student killings
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A college dropout was ordered held without bond Tuesday for murder charges in the killings of two University of South Florida students, just days after a SWAT team descended on his parents’ house to arrest him. Hillsborough…