crime

Wanted for credit card fraud in Biloxi

The Biloxi Police Department needs your help identifying a man wanted for questioning in reference to a credit card fraud. On May 10th, the suspect used a stolen credit card to make a purchase worth over one hundred dollars. He…

Jury deadlocked in Biloxi murder trial

A mistrial was declared in the trial of Orlando Newell. He was indicted for the killing of Michael Anthony Woods in September 2016. The jury was deadlocked at 11-1 for a conviction of first degree murder. Testimony in the case…

Gulfport man shot after meeting Facebook contact

Last week, a 25-year-old Gulfport man planned to meet up with a woman he met on social media, but instead was shot twice in the stomach. News 25’s Veronica Bayona met with Tony Williams, the victim of the violence to…

Arrested on five counts of touching children

The Gulfport Police Department has arrested 23-year-old Anthony Kemon Devon Davis of Bassfield, Mississippi, charging him with five counts of touching of a child. On May 5th and May 6th, 2018 the police received three complaints of Davis touching a…

Police need help identifying Biloxi theft suspect

The Biloxi Police are asking for assistance in identifying a theft suspect. He is wanted for questioning in a vehicle burglary that occurred on 05/08/2018 between 9:45 PM, and 10:10 PM at the 200 block of Caillavet Street in Biloxi.…

Arrested for credit card fraud

On May 15th, 2018 the Biloxi Police Department arrested 39-year-old Jason Jerome Smith of Gulfport on an outstanding felony warrant for credit card fraud. The warrant stemmed from an investigation from March 2018 where a victim reported losing his wallet…

Arrests made in connection to Gulfport shooting

Three arrests have been made by Gulfport police after an investigation in a reported shooting one week ago in the area of 65th Avenue. Arron Maiella Boudreaux of Gulfport, Aundrea Lashann Mitchell of Ocean Springs and 19-year-old James Earl Walker…

Kiln man sentenced to 40 years for depraved heart murder

District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that 27-year old Charles Connetti, III of Kiln, MS was sentenced by Judge Larry Bourgeois in Gulfport to forty years, fifteen years suspended, with twenty five years to serve day-for-day for the second degree…

Government Street Quick Stop robbery

Ocean Springs police arrested 18-year-old Zishon Hunt for robbery that took place at Government Street Quick Stop late Saturday night. A victim claims that once he entered the store, he was confronted by Hunt and when the victim left, Hunt…

The fight against human trafficking

Modern day slavery. It’s hard to believe it exists, but it does. Sex trafficking is the fastest growing crime in the world and it happens right here in South Mississippi. News 25’s Toni Miles takes us to a meeting by…

Jackson County man charged with aggravated domestic assault

A man in Jackson County is charged with aggravated domestic assault after reportedly holding a woman hostage at gunpoint early Saturday morning. Twenty-seven year-old Steven Harris gave himself up to the police after a five hour standoff inside a home…

Man beat, robbed at gunpoint in Ocean Springs

A patient at the Ocean Springs Hospital contacted the Ocean Springs Police Department to report that he was robbed at gunpoint at Fort Bayou Apartments. The victim claims that he went to the wrong apartment just before two black males…

Ocean Springs man arrested for auto burglary

An Ocean Springs man has been arrested and charged with auto burglary after stealing a pistol from a man’s truck. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell reports that 37-year-old Robert Williams was arrested after a man reported his pistol missing when…

Biloxi woman charged with commercial burglary

Biloxi police arrested a woman for stealing a purse from a business. Thirty-year-old Jennifer Gibson was arrested and charged with commercial burglary. The crime happened at a business in the 200 block of Beach Boulevard where an employee’s purse was…

Man arrested after high speed chase

Forty-three year-old Joseph Kamont II of Biloxi is behind bars after a high speed chase last night in the area of Vee Street. A resident reported that two unknown individuals were on her property running with flashlights. Officers canvassed the…

Charges upgraded in DUI crash

A Gulfport man now faces felony charges after crashing into two Harrison County deputies. Fifty-seven year-old Tommie McFarland is charged with two counts of aggravated DUI. The accident happened over the weekend at the intersection of O’Neal Road and Highway…

Appeals court upholds sexual abuse verdict of former coach

A state appeals court says it won’t overturn the conviction of a former Mississippi high school basketball coach for molesting a player. The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled today that Leslie Dewitt’s convictions for touching a child for lustful purposes…

Charged with felony embezzlement

Biloxi police arrested 69-year-old Erastus Thompson Jr. on a warrant for felony embezzlement of a vehicle. Police say Thompson was arrested during a traffic stop by Gulfport police. The complaint leading to the arrest of Thompson was made in February…

Charged with grand larceny

D’Iberville police arrested two Saucier residents after a report of items stolen out of a vehicle parked in the Scarlet Pearl Casino parking garage. Police say 49-year-old Billy Bradley and 29-year-old Kerrie Kilduff were seen on video surveillance taking property…

Charged with accessory after the fact

Octavia Williams-Biggs was arrested by the Pascagoula Police Department. A warrant was issued for her arrest for her involvement in the homicide of Lorenzo Biggs. She’s been charged with accessory after the fact. Those charges may be upgraded in the…

Police investigate overnight shooting in Gulfport

Gulfport police are investigating an overnight shooting. Around 4 a.m., officers responded to Memorial Hospital in reference to a 25-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to his abdomen. Police say the victim was walking in the 1700 block of…

Suspect in fatal Pascagoula shooting turns himself in

The primary suspect in a fatal shooting that happened last Friday at a home on Dupont Avenue in Pascagoula turned himself into the police today. According to Captain Doug Adams, Rouvell Thigpen, also known as Rudy Thigpen, turned himself into…