crime

Suspect wanted for vehicle burglary in Long Beach

The Long Beach Police Department is asking for help in finding a suspect involved in a vehicle burglary. Police responded to a complaint of a vehicle that had been burglarized in the area of Pine Street. The victim’s personal property…

Two suspects wanted for shoplifting

The Biloxi Police Department is asking for help identifying two more subjects involved in a shoplifting incident in the 2000 block of Pass Road. One subject concealed beer in his clothing and both subjects exited the store on foot and…

Former 3 Doors Down bassist sentenced 10 years

Robert Todd Harrell, 48, was sentenced by Judge Robert Krebs to serve the maximum penalty of 10 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a…

Man wanted for shoplifting

Biloxi police are requesting your assistance in identifying a man involved in a shoplifting in the 800 block of Beach Boulevard. The person entered the store and began consuming items displayed for sale and concealed items in his right shorts…

Aggravated domestic assault arrest

Gulfport Police Department arrested 58-year-old Stephen Harris of Gulfport, charging him with one count of aggravated domestic assault. An officer spoke with an adult female who stated that her boyfriend had cut her several times with a box cutter during…

Wanted for aggravated assault and armed robbery

Gulfport police needs help finding a man wanted for aggravated assault and armed robbery. Yesterday, police arrested 18-year-old Fredrick Quin and 18-year-old Ashia Johnson of Gulfport. A third suspect is still at large. The arrest was the result of a…

Arrested for aggravated assault

Last night, D’Iberville police responded to reports of shots fired at the Walmart on Sangani Boulevard when responding officers were flagged down to Rudy Moran Park where a 17-year-old was suffering from a gunshot wound. Twenty-one year-old Austen Nguyen faces…

Jury finds Hattiesburg man guilty of carjacking

A Hattiesburg man has been found guilty of carjacking and attempted leaving the scene of an accident. The incident happened in April 2016. Shawn Moffett reportedly took a trip to the Coast and forced the driver of the vehicle to…

Gulfport man sentenced to life in prison for murder

A Harrison County jury found a Gulfport man guilty today of first-degree murder. Forty-year-old Gabriel Curtis was sentenced to life in prison plus ten years for possession of a weapon by a convicted felon after the 2017 killing of 75-year-old…

Man sentenced for robbery and assault

Twenty-four year-old Gulfport native Marces Rush has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for two robberies and an aggravated assault in 2016. The first robbery occurred in December of that year where Rush reportedly stole a Texaco store clerk’s…

Man arrested for Gulfport arson

The man wanted for arson of a vehicle fire last week, Tequarian Lewis, has been arrested. Gulfport police arrested Lewis during a traffic stop area of Louisiana Avenue and Van Buren Street. On September 25th, Gulfport police responded to a…

Former DMR chief sentenced today

Bill Walker will spend time behind bars for not paying restitution payments as part of his supervised release terms. The former DMR chief was sentenced today and ordered to refinance his home in Ocean Springs in order to keep up…

Bay St. Louis murder suspect arrested

On September 27, 2018 at approximately 11:11 p.m. the Bay St. Louis Police Department was notified that Xavier Lamer Simmons was taken into custody by the US Marshal Service in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Simmons was wanted for the murder, armed…

LSU basketball player shot and killed

LSU basketball player Wayde Sims has died after he was shot near the campus of another school in Baton Rouge. Police say in a news release that the 20-year-old Sims was shot around 12:30 a.m. this morning near the campus…

Fatal shooting on 57th Street in Gulfport

One man is dead after a shooting on 57th Avenue in Gulfport. According to Gulfport police they received a call that shots had been fired at 4:42 p.m. in the 3000 block. When units arrived on scene they found a…

Receiving stolen property

Thirty-six year-old Richard Englebert of Winona is behind bars for receiving/possessing stolen property. According to Biloxi police, this arrest is the result of an investigation into a traffic stop conducted on Englebert by police.  Englebert was taken into custody when…

Wanted for arson in Gulfport

Gulfport police are looking for 26-year-old Tequarian Lewis who is wanted for arson third degree. According to police, yesterday at 6 a.m., authorities responded to a report of a vehicle fire in the 3300 block of 39th Avenue. Evidence confirmed…

Ocean Springs murder suspect arrested in Illinois

A man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting in Ocean Springs last week was taken into custody in Illinois. Deshaude Jones is currently being held at the Lake County Jail where he’s awaiting extradition back to the Coast. Jones…

Wanted for theft

The Biloxi Police Department needs help identifying a man involved in a shoplifting in the 1300 block of Lorraine Road. Biloxi police say a man took items displayed for sale and hid them before exiting the store without paying for…

MAN DEAD IN BAY ST. LOUIS SHOOTING

A man is dead after an early morning shooting in Bay St. Louis. Police responded to the scene at a home on Ulman Avenue around 12:45. Once on scene officers found 36-year-old Raymond John Estapa dead from gunshot wounds. Police…