Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man considered armed and dangerous who shot another man during an altercation in what’s believed to be a drug deal gone bad. Sheriff Mike Ezell says Sunday, April 8th, the victim, Kevin…
Six southeast Mississippi residents face charges of passing counterfeit money in a scheme stretching back until at least 2016. Wednesday the federal court in Hattiesburg charged Richard Crabtree, Richard Cochran, Katie Tate, Kimberly Lynn Hutchinson, Christopher Bishop and Tyler Perry.…
The Biloxi Police Department needs help identifying a suspect wanted for credit card fraud at the Biloxi Walmart on C.T. Switzer Road and Treasure Bay Casino. The suspect is described as white or Hispanic male, possibly in his late twenties.
A Pearlington man has been sentenced to 50 years for the sexual assault of a young girl. Twenty-seven year-old Curtis Wathen pled guilty to two counts of sexual battery and two counts of exploitation of a child at the Hancock…
Biloxi police are asking for help identifying two suspects who allegedly stole a wallet at the Boomtown Casino. According to authorities, the unknown white male suspect found the wallet on the floor by slot machines then attempted to use cards…
Two Coast natives are facing life behind bars after being arrested by federal authorities on drug trafficking charges. Forty-six year-old Keith Brown of Moss Point and 35-year-old Jaycie Thomas of Ocean Springs have been charged in a three count federal…
A man is behind bars after tying up and beating a man and a woman at an apartment in St. Martin. Thirty-year-old Andrew Williams is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and kidnapping as well as one count of…
Operation Coastal Cleanup has wrapped and the results are in. The two day operation, carried out on Monday and Tuesday, was a joint law enforcement effort to ensure registration compliance of convicted sex offenders throughout Harrison County. Two hundred and…
On Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 29-year-old Luis Alberto Jiminez, 31-year-old Alejandro Lorene Martinez, and 28-year-old Yaudel Pina, all of Texas, on four felony counts of possession of a scanning device. On March 21,…
Today, former Simon City Royal 32-year-old John Wayne Clark of Biloxi was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised released for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On May 7th 2015, DEA…
Three people are arrested after a pizza delivery driver says they were held at gunpoint while making a delivery in Gulfport. Police arrested 18-year-old Austin Pennington, along with 18-year-old Conner Bradford and 21-year-old Hennessy Kerner yesterday. The victim says the…
A Hurley man has been sentenced to 25 years with 20 to serve in prison for a 2016 DUI death and leaving the scene. Twenty-five year-old Markey Tanner was found guilty for striking and killing 22-year-old Megan Dekleinhans in February…
Two armed suspects are on the run after robbing a man and pointing a gun at a woman in Ocean Springs. Authorities say the armed robbery happened outside a house on Holly Street early this morning. An armed robbery on…
Just after 5 o’clock this morning, Ocean Springs police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery on Holly Street. A male victim claims that as he was leaving his home for work, two masked men approached, demanding his…
In Moss Point, police are investigating an incident which occurred on Saturday where Moss Point police officers attempted to stop a vehicle before the driver sped off striking a power pole. Twenty-four year-old Travis Pierce has been arrested and charged…
A Bay St. Louis man is behind bars for kidnapping. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, 36-year-old Hubert ONeal Fulton Jr. was arrested for kidnapping his girlfriend on Saturday, March 17th. The sheriff’s department responded to a domestic assault…
One man is behind bars following a burglary at Sharkheads on Beach Boulevard in Biloxi. Biloxi police arrested Fred Eugene Hoops Jr. of Bay St. Louis Sunday on a felony commercial burglary warrant. Hoops was then issued a $25,000 bond.…
A Jackson County man accused of nearly beating his three-year-old son to death in 2016 will serve 40 years in prison. Twenty-six year-old Nathan McCrory pled guilty to two counts of felony child abuse and one drug count in a…
A doctor from the Gulf Coast is facing several charges of fraud and will remain behind bars until his sentencing hearing on May 22nd. Seventy-eight year-old Dr. Albert Diaz could be sentenced to eight to ten years in prison on…
Biloxi police need help identifying a person accused of stealing over one thousand dollars’ worth of Polo shirts from Dillard’s at Edgewater Mall. The suspect is wanted for a felony shoplifting that happened on March 7th around 5 p.m. He’s…
A Mississippi man recently released from prison on a child exploitation sentence is headed back for another 40 years on the same charges. Twenty-seven year-old Christopher Morgan from Bassville was sentenced Friday in Jefferson Davis County Circuit Court on six…
Biloxi police need help identifying a suspect who allegedly stole clothes and food from a Dollar General in Woolmarket. The theft happened February 23rd. The unidentified male was seen running away into the woods after taking the items without paying.…
Gulfport police are asking for your help in identifying two suspects wanted for stealing a trailer from a local business. On March 4th, around 5:30 in the morning, two white males in a Ford F-350 pickup truck removed a trailer…
Moss Point police are searching for a man who reportedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a Moss Point High School student at gunpoint Wednesday morning. Moss Point police launched an investigation into this case after the young student confessed to a…