A Bay St. Louis woman has been charged with stealing from several Waveland stores by using a fraudulent credit card. Waveland Police said 37-year-old Cristal Seals was arrested Thursday. The charges stem from incidents in October and November, when Seals…
Ocean Springs Middle School went on lockdown for less than an hour Thursday morning after bullets were found on campus. District spokesman Trey Brennan said the school went on lockdown at 9:23 a.m. after a report was made of the…
A Picayune man has been charged in a shooting and death on Fern Drive. Picayune Police say 20-year-old Tyler Wilcox was charged Wednesday with murder and attempted murder. He was taken to the Pearl River County jail and no bond…
A Gulfport man faces six sex-crime related charges as a result of an investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Gulfport Police on Wednesday morning arrested 39-year-old Otis Penn at a Gulfport residence on outstanding warrants from MBI. The charges,…
Wiggins Police are asking the public's help to identify two people who are persons of interest in a counterfeit currency case. Police say two males and the owner/driver of a silver Ford Flex were seen at one location where counterfeit…
A man wanted in connection with the shooting of two people at a home in northern Hancock County last Friday has apparently died by suicide. Hancock County Sheriff's investigators issued warrants for 40-year-old Matthew Cory Rayborn on aggravated assault and…
(Jackson, Mississippi) Today, Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the completion of Operation Game Over, a four-day joint operation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast led by her Human Trafficking Task Force and Fentanyl Strike Force. The operation resulted in 33 arrests, recovery…
A scrap metal business in McHenry could face legal trouble after more than 1,400 pounds of copper communications wire was found during a search last week. Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley said his office, Mississippi Bureau of Investigations and Hancock…
The remains of Ole Miss student Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee have been discovered in Carroll County. Human remains were found by deer hunters in the county on February 1st and were sent to the state crime lab for DNA testing. Those…
A Gulfport traffic stop on Friday led to the arrest of three people and the recovery of more than two pounds of Fentanyl. Police arrested 39-year-old Tracy McCall, 35-year-old Marcus Lloyd and 31-year-old…
A Long Beach man has been charged with multiple counts of burglary. 29-year-old Deqwaevious Jones was arrested Thursday and charged with three counts of burglary of a vehicle and two counts of burglary of a residence. He was taken to…
Gulfport Police are searching for a man wanted for manslaughter in a case dating back to this past November. Gulfport Police say Ellis Townsend assaulted a 75-year-old just before 11:30 the morning of November 18th, 2024. Townsend was on duty…
Three men are charged with cutting power lines in Jackson County. 57-year-old Robert Brooks, 42-year-old Jeremiah Johnson and 53-year-old Jason Lamkin are each charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and destroying state or federal communications systems. Johnson also is…
A Gautier man serving a 20-year-sentence for sex crimes against minors was indicted on a charge of making a false bomb threat. 22-year-old Keshawn Belcher was indicted in September and returned to Jackson County to face that indictment on Thursday.…
The alleged theft of copper wires at South Mississippi AT&T properties leads to a string of arrests in Harrison County. Sheriff Matt Haley announced the arrest of 43-year-old Kristopher Gibson, 35-year-old Robert Barnett III, 34-year-old Jessie Ray, 43-year-old David Crenshaw,…
A Long Beach woman has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a man at a home on Daugherty Road. Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley said 55-year-old Daphne Zeringue was taken to the Harrison County jail and bond…
After a vote during a Stone County Board of Supervisors meeting, the Stone County Sheriff's Department is allowed to use new software for security camera footage. The surveillance system, Flock…
Moss Point police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened earlier this afternoon. Moss Point Police Chief Brandon Ashley tells us police received a call about a shooting on Joseph Avenue. Police found a man dead in a vehicle once…
A man has been sentenced to 20 years for secretly filming underage girls at parks in Madison County, Mississippi. According to Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, 27-year-old Satoshi Maehata pled guilty to two counts of filming a…
Three people are in jail, charged with stealing copper from AT&T. Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said 35-year-old Justin Hoda of Gulfport, 24-year-old Olympia Elchos and 63-year-old Freda Elchos, both of the Kiln and Kiley Shiyou, no age given, are…
A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in Gulfport. Gulfport police arrested 23-year-old Avante Jaquan Kirk. He is charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into a dwelling. During the investigation, witnesses…
A suspect in a Wednesday morning shooting is in custody. According to the Jackson County jail docket, 27-year-old Isaiah Presley of Ocean Springs was booked into the jail Thursday morning. He is charged with aggravated assault and bond has not…
Gulfport Police have identified suspects involved in a shooting on Monday eventing at a shopping center in Orange Grove. Police say 20-year-old Ketren Machi Grant is wanted on a charge of aggravated assault. He is described as about 6-foot-1 and…
Gulfport Police have arrested a third suspect in connection with a Friday shooting in Gulfport. Police on Monday arrested 24-year-old Debarren Johnson and a 16-year-old, both of Gulfport, and charged them with two counts of aggravated assault. On Tuesday, a…