crime

Embezzlement of an automobile

Thirty-eight year-old Lauren Hays of Pascagoula is behind bars facing an embezzlement charge. Hays was reportedly renting a car from Enterprise through a second party. News 25 was told she refused to return the vehicle for more than a month.…

Wanted in connection with burglary in Biloxi

Biloxi police need help identifying a man wanted for questioning in reference to a burglary that happened Tuesday. Police say the suspect entered several vehicles and a business near the 2400 block of Pass Road, stealing several items of value.…

Man wanted for shoplifting in Biloxi

The Biloxi Police Department needs help identifying a subject involved in shoplifting at Game Stop. A black male took a Nintendo 3DS XL, valued at $200, without paying for the item and then left the store. The suspect arrived in…

Former Biloxi resource officer re-sentenced

Earlier this week, former Chief Resource Officer of Biloxi School District Paul Cannette received a sentence that called for four years in prison and two years on house arrest. He would be required to pay $10,000 in restitution. Today, he…

Former Biloxi resource officer resentenced

Today in Gulfport a re-sentencing hearing for former Chief Resource Officer of Biloxi School District Paul Cannette took place. Earlier this week, he received a sentence that called for four years in prison and two years on house arrest and…

Four arrests made in Moss Point Super Bowl Sunday shooting

A Super Bowl home invasion that left one man dead and two others wounded in Moss Point left the community shaken back in February. Now, four people have been arrested in connection to the crime. “It’s been hard. It’s been…

Several arrests made in Moss Point Super Bowl shooting

A shooting on Super Bowl Sunday that left one man dead in Moss Point left the community shaken back in February. Now, four people have been arrested in connection to the crime. News 25’s Veronica Bayona is at the Jackson…

Super Bowl shooters charged with murder

Four men have been charged with murder in a February shooting that killed one man and injured two others at a Super Bowl party in Moss Point. Fabian Dwight Dailey was shot and killed during the incident. Two other victims…

Man wanted for credit card fraud

Biloxi police are asking for help finding a man wanted for credit card fraud. The person used a fraudulent credit card to obtain approximately $300 from an ATM machine. The vehicle is believed to be a gold or tan Volkswagen…

Four charged in connection with Derry Lane shooting

Four people, including two juveniles, have been charged in connection with yesterday’s shooting on Derry Lane in Ocean Springs. Twenty-year-old Tyler Ladner has been charged with home invasion and two counts of directing a minor to commit a felony. Eighteen-year-old…

Wanted for armed robbery at Pass Road Waffle House

On August 21, 2018 at 3:07 a.m., two black males entered the Waffle House located at 2233 East Past Road wearing masks. The males displayed firearms and demanded money. They took an undisclosed amount of cash from the business and…

Credit card fraud suspect

Long Beach police need help identifying a suspect involved in multiple instances of credit card fraud happening between May 28th and July 17th. If you can help identify this man call Long Beach police at 228-865-1981 or call Crime Stoppers.

Former Biloxi police officer pleads guilty

This morning, the former police chief of the Biloxi School District, Paul Cannette, pled guilty to embezzlement. He was accused by prosecutors for embezzling more than $169,000 from the Mississippi Association of School Resource Officers. Cannette was sentenced to ten…

St. Martin teenager charged with aggravated assault

A St. Martin teenager is in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center after allegedly shooting two men Thursday night. Sheriff Mike Ezell says deputies found one of the victims lying on the ground when they responded around 10:30 to Bridge…

Biloxi man sentenced for child pornography

A Biloxi man has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for possession of child pornography. Forty-five year-old Christopher Smith was sentenced to 109 months in federal prison after finding that he knowingly possessed visual depictions of minors engaging…

Moss Point man pleads guilty to cocaine conspiracy

A Moss Point man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Sixty-four year-old Keith Lavell Brown faces a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine. Brown admitted…

Wanted for felony sexual battery

The George County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a man wanted in connection to a felony sexual battery of a vulnerable adult. A warrant is out for 44-year-old Michael Ray Scott. His last known residence was in the Benndale community…

Felony DUI/ Habitual offender

A Gulfport man has been sentenced to six years in prison for felony DUI. Forty-year-old Brad Heflin pled guilty to fourth offense felony DUI in court today. Officers pulled over Heflin for driving in a ‘reckless manner.’ Heflin underwent field…

Wallet theft suspect in Biloxi

Biloxi police need help identifying a suspect who allegedly stole a wallet at Harrah’s Casino on Beach Boulevard. Police say the unknown black male found the wallet on a chair near slot machines then went to the restroom and exited…

Three arrested in drug bust in Jackson County

Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested three people while answering a call of a gun fired at a house in St. Martin. Just before 8:30 last night, a woman told deputies someone shot at her house on El Dorado Avenue.  Deputies…