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.…
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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…
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…
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…