JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has been called in after a Vancleave woman died in the Jackson County Jail on Friday. Sheriff Mike Ezell said Jennifer Carol Foster, 50, was arrested Friday by Ocean Springs…
On October 8, 2020, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 23-year-old Brittany Laughlin on one count of Manslaughter. On October 8, 2020, at approximately 4:04 a.m., officers of the Gulfport Police Department responded to the 8200 block of West Virginia Avenue…
Two Ocean Springs men are accused in a federal criminal complaint of taking kickbacks in an $18 million healthcare fraud scheme involving compound prescription pain creams. According to our media partner, the Sun Herald, Dempsey Bryan Levi and Jeffrey Wayne…
A former Jackson County deputy faces a felony charge of bringing contraband into the adult detention center. Sheriff Mike Ezell says 21-year-old LaShayla King of Moss Point was arrested this weekend for introduction of contraband into a correctional facility. King…
Police say three people were injured after gunfire erupted during a concert at a Biloxi nightclub. Our media partner the Sun Herald reports three people with gunshot wounds were taken to a hospital early Sunday. Biloxi Police Major Chris De…
Four people are now charged in the death of a Gautier man whose body was found September 22nd floating in the Pascagoula River. An autopsy determined 29-year-old Dustin Suttles’ death was a homicide. Sheriff Mike Ezell says investigators made two…
A second man has pleaded guilty today for his role in a 2016 shooting at Mugshots in Hattiesburg. Twenty-eight year-old Demethius Dixon, also known as ‘Deezy,’ of Louisiana pled guilty today for carrying and using a firearm during a drug…
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi announced a new collaboration with the City of Gulfport today to combat and deter violent crime. Local and federal law enforcement leaders are teaming up to ‘eject’ violent crime from the…
A second suspect is charged in the death of Dustin Lee Suttles, the Gautier man whose body was found last week floating in the Pascagoula River. Sheriff Mike Ezell says investigators arrested 23-year-old Taylor Allan Carpenter of Escatawpa Tuesday morning.…
Two suspects involved in a drive-by shooting yesterday morning in Gulfport are now in police custody. Gulfport police arrested 17-year-old Kobe Hawthorne on one count of drive-by shooting and five counts of aggravated assault. His bond is set at $600,000.…
Jackson County Sheriff’s investigators have charged a Pascagoula man with capital murder in the death of another man, whose body was found floating in the Pascagoula River earlier this week. Sheriff Mike Ezell says 33-old Joseph Paul McLeod was arrested…
The Bay St. Louis Police Department and Agents from the FBI arrested Kaiam Donovan, a 37-year-old male from Queens, NY. Donovan was wanted by the FBI as a felony fugitive from justice. Donavan was taken into custody without incident at…
Officers with the Ocean Springs Police Department responded to the 400 block of Bechtel Boulevard for a physical domestic disturbance. Officers were advised one half of the disturbance left the scene in a gold car. The officers spotted the suspect’s…
Wednesday the Ocean Springs Police Department responded to a possible domestic disturbance at 3419 Bienville Boulevard. Officers came in contact with Ira Henry. According to police, Henry made threats to assault responding officers. After a brief struggle, a stolen firearm…
The Biloxi Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance with identifying a vehicle and its occupants. The vehicle was allegedly involved in a number of burglaries in Biloxi and Harrison County in the past two weeks. The Biloxi Police Department…
The Biloxi Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance with identifying the depicted vehicle and its occupants. The vehicle was allegedly involved in a number of burglaries in Biloxi and Harrison County in the past two weeks. Anyone with information…
Gulfport Police are investigating a shooting overnight that left two people in critical condition. Gulfport Police information officer Jason Ducre said officers were informed about 11:43 p.m. that two people were taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle…
The Biloxi police responded to the 2100 block of Beach Blvd in reference to a vehicle theft that just occurred. The victim informed the officers his red Dodge Ram was just stolen. Officers located the stolen vehicle traveling east on…
Biloxi Police announced that the vehicle and suspects they asked for the public's help with have been identified and contacted in relation to a Sept. 9 shooting. Maj. Christopher DeBack said in a press release on Wednesday morning that the…
The Biloxi Police Department arrested 29-year-old Christian Britton Brooks of Biloxi, MS for arson. The arrest stemmed from an investigation where Brooks was allegedly setting fire to the back of an occupied residence. A witness was able to extinguish the…
The Biloxi Police Department arrested 25-year-old Tyrell Jauan Gholar of Hattiesburg, MS for burglary of an occupied dwelling located in the 200 block of Covenant Square Dr. The arrest stemmed from an investigation where Gholar allegedly gained entry into the…
Waveland police need help identifying a man wanted for armed robbery at a gas station on September 7th. Police say it happened at 9:54 p.m. at the Chevron Eat and Run. The suspect is described as a black male wearing…
A traffic stop Wednesday in Ocean Springs led to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect. On September 2nd, an Ocean Springs police officer stopped 26-year-old Destan Patrick Dedeaux on Highway 90 for a traffic offense. After a driver’s license…
On Tuesday, September 1st, the Biloxi Police Department arrested 19-year-old Edward Payton Jr. of Biloxi for shooting into an occupied dwelling. The arrest stemmed from an investigation initiated on August 30th after a complaint of a residence being shot several…