An Ocean Springs man has been arrested after growing marijuana inside his home. Twenty-six year-old Joseph Hines is charged with cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana while in the possession of a firearm, and two counts of possession of a…
Pascagoula Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Money Mart located at 3452 Market St. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 25 years of age. He walked into The Money Mart and demanded money…
Pass Christian police are on the lookout for Lindsey Goshorn for the crime of grand larceny. Officials say Goshorn is believed to have taken over $10,000 worth of jewelry from a citizen in the City of Pass Christian on April…
Biloxi police need help identifying two people wanted for questioning in reference to credit card fraud. The suspects used a stolen credit card to make purchases totaling over $100 at Edgewater Mall. Both suspects are described as black females, one…
The second 17-year-old involved in a shooting in Saucier on Friday has been arrested. Sheriff Troy Peterson says Kaleb Helton of Gulfport was arrested on two counts of felony aggravated assault Saturday. Seventeen-year-old Drake Swilley was also arrested and charged…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On Tuesday, May 15th Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 58-year-old Harold Dean Dollar of Gulfport on a felony charge of touching a child for lustful purposes. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, A Harrison County sheriff investigator took a…
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.…
District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that Robert Foxen, 21, of Harrison County, pled guilty yesterday to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a stolen firearm. Judge Lawrence Bourgeois sentenced Foxen to 25 years, with…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…