Three guards at a Mississippi prison have been arrested. The guards, whose names have not been released, work at Yazoo County Regional Correction Facility. WLBT-TV reports the three are charged with sexual battery after being accused last month of having…
On January 17, 2020, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office charged two juveniles in connection with a house fire at Diamondhead Drive North in Diamondhead, which occurred on January 15th. After a thorough investigation conducted by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office…
A man was taken into custody following a violent robbery at a local Waffle House. According to Gulfport Police, Willie Duckworth entered a Waffle House, jumped over the counter, assaulted an employee and took cash from the register before fleeing…
A man is behind bars in Harrison County after a victim came forward with sex abuse claims. Twenty-eight year-old Nolan Wallace of Gulfport was arrested on three felony charges of sexual battery. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, the…
Biloxi police arrested 48-year-old Lonzo Reed on a charge of lustful touching of a child. A complaint was made against Reed inappropriately touching a juvenile in July 2017. News 25 spoke with Biloxi Investigations Unit tonight who says this is…
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department has been investigating a series of car break-ins over the last few days. They say the break ins have been committed with in the late night, early hours in the Harleston community near Lilly-Coleman Road.…
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department continues to face more questions than answers in the serial murders of the infamous Samuel Little. One of the unidentified women on Little’s list was a Gulfport resident. In 2018, serial killer Samuel Little confessed…
A tax preparer in Gulfport pleaded guilty to falsifying returns, resulting in $900,000 worth of losses in the United States. According to U.S. District Attorney Mike Hurst and the justice department’s tax division, Alvin Mays, the owner of City Tax…
Twenty-five year-old Sandra Goff was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for the murder of Michael Lossett in Gulfport in 2018. Goff pled guilty to manslaughter and taking away a motor vehicle which is an additional ten years to…
We have an update on the captured inmate that escaped police custody yesterday morning. Six additional people have been arrested for helping in the escape. Sheriff Mike Ezell confirmed prisoner Marshall Williams was captured last night at his father’s camper…
Two people are dead and two more are injured following a shooting Wednesday night in Bay St. Louis. In a press conference today, Bay St. Louis Chief Gary Ponthieux updated the public on the shooting which left 19-year-old Cheyenne Schultz…
In September 2019, the Biloxi Police Department teamed up with the nonprofit corporation Project NOLA to help eliminate violent crime. They set up crime cameras in the downtown area as a test run. After a successful trial run, the cameras…
There are new developments in the murder case of Biloxi Police Officer Robert McKeithen. Four teenagers have been indicted for allegedly helping Darian Atkinson escape after he ambushed the officer in May. In December, a grand jury indicted 19-year-old Atkinson…
A Moss Point man, out on bond for previous felony charges, is behind bars again on similar charges. Thirty-seven year-old Clarence Shelton was taken into custody Monday night at a convenience store. Police say they found that Shelton had more…
Investigators in Moss Point are trying to bring justice to the families of two victims of a deadly shooting. Moss Point police responded to reports of an assault on Old Slag Road on December 22nd. A woman being treated for…
Sixty-three year-old Marilyn Coleman is facing burglary charges for breaking into a home and assaulting the owner while inside. According the Biloxi police, the arrest stemmed from an investigation into a burglary that happened on Lorraine Road. Coleman was arrested…
A man is under arrest in Biloxi for shooting into an occupied dwelling. Twenty-four year-old Tony Buchanan was arrested as the result of an investigation. According to Biloxi police, the incident occurred on October 30th in which Buchanan allegedly shot…
A Gulfport man will serve nearly two decades behind bars for distributing child pornography through ‘Dropbox’ using his cellphone last year. Thirty-seven year-old Jesse Nichols was sentenced to serve 17-and-a-half years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised…
Another porch pirate has been arrested this month, this time in Gulfport. Jennifer Gibson arrested on charges of petit larceny and a felony warrant through the Department of Corrections after reports of two packages taken from a home and surveillance…
A Gulfport man is home free tonight after a jury unanimously found him not guilty on both counts of an armed robbery from 2016. The robbery was at the Exxon Station off 30th Avenue downtown. Police pulled Tevin Ball over…
A Biloxi man has been arrested and charged with credit card fraud and possession of a controlled substance. Today, Biloxi police arrested 52-year-old Michael Gillich III of Biloxi. His arrest stems from warrants issued as the result of an investigation…
An illegal immigrant responsible for the hit-and-run of a 14-year-old girl in Pass Christian has been sentenced. Honduras native David Hernandez will spend at least twelve years behind bars after pleading guilty to felony leaving the scene of an accident.…
A second arrest has been made in the case of a reported burglary that was in progress earlier this week in Biloxi’s Goose Point subdivision. On Wednesday, police arrested 22-year-old Lindsey Griffin IV on Eisenhower Drive in Biloxi, less than…
With the Christmas season comes porch pirates and Biloxi police are looking for this man wanted for allegedly stealing packages off a porch on Howard Avenue. Police describe him as a black male with a beard. The incident happened on…