A St. Martin man has been sentenced to life without parole for killing his family more than 25 years ago. In 1994, at just 16-years-old, Stephen McGilberry brutally murdered four family members at their home in Jackson County. A jury…
This morning former Harrison County Deputy Tax Collector Denise Gill pleaded guilty in a Gulfport courtroom to one felony count of fraud for submitting false travel vouchers and collecting mileage reimbursements from the county. Gill claimed she traveled between the…
A Mississippi woman’s attorney told a judge that his client embezzled $303,000 from her employer to make online purchases because she had a ‘shopping compulsion.’ Elizabeth Rose O’Neil and her attorney, Don Rafferty, testified that she stole $1,400 to $1,600…
Five men in Mississippi have been indicted on murder charges in what authorities described as a deadly, gang-related home invasion during a 2018 Super Bowl party. Our media partner the Sun Herald reported Darrian Cooks, Robert Jackson, Tykice Watts, Michael…
The Biloxi Police Department arrested 27-year-old Phillip Michael Holder of Pensacola, Fl. for aggravated domestic assault. The arrest stemmed from an investigation where Holder allegedly assaulted the victim by strangulation while in the 1600 block of Pass Road, Biloxi MS.…
The discovery of two pounds of meth led to the arrest of two men in Pass Christian. Forty-three year-old Robert Callahan and 35-year-old Ruben Nichols Jr. both of Pass Christian were arrested on felony drug charges. According to the Harrison…
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…
