crime

Shooting At Nightclub

Police say at least four people were injured at a nightclub in Waynesboro Mississippi Sunday night. Waynesboro Police Chief Holt Rossy says one person was shot in the hand, one person was shot in the foot, and another person was…

Charged with burglary

Last night Biloxi police arrested a man wanted for a burglary that happened back in June. Twenty-one year-old Rodarrius Ward was arrested in the 300 block of Abbey Court around 9:30. Back in June, the victim told police Ward broke…

Biloxi police seek suspect’s identity

The Biloxi Police Department is asking the public’s help identifying a person seen using a debit card stolen during an auto burglary. These are images from surveillance video as the debit card was used on Kensington Drive in November. Also…

Police seek identity of man in this video

The Ocean Springs Police Department needs help identifying a person seen on surveillance video dumping a purse full of stolen goods into the trash. In the surveillance video from Bao-Wow’s on Government Street you can see the driver of the…

Charged with five counts of petty larceny

Jackson County sheriff’s investigators arrested a man this morning who they say has been a Grinch. Thirty-four year-old Jason Robert Phillips is suspected of stealing packages that were delivered to homes in the St. Andrews neighborhood and dropped off on…

Aggravated assault

Gulfport police are investigating a shooting that happened early this morning. Forty-seven year-old Antonio Edwards was charged with one count of aggravated assault. The arrest was a result of an investigation of a shooting that occurred on F Avenue after…

Felony Embezzlement Arrest

A woman faces embezzlement charges after turning herself into the Biloxi Police Department today. According to Lieutenant Christopher De Back, 46-year-old Kimberly Diane Dearmon of Chickasaw, Alabama is accused of misusing her employer’s credit card. Authorities say Dearmon had been…

Calvin Jackson arrested for aggravated assault

Gulfport police have arrested 21-year-old Calvin Jackson. He is responsible for the shooting that took place on Sunday night. Jackson has turned himself in to the Gulfport Police Department today. Authorities say Jackson is charged with aggravated assault. The warrant…

Suspect on the run for multiple charges

South Mississippi: be on the lookout for a white male on the run for multiple charges. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson says 32-year-old Wade Willard is wanted through MDOC for escape and burglary and for aggravated assault on an officer…

Assault on a fireman

Two Biloxi firefighters were assaulted over the weekend after responding to an injured person report. Thirty-eight year-old Michael May was arrested Saturday after Biloxi police received a report of a medical emergency in which May had possibly injured himself. When…

Gulfport man arrested for child molestation

A local Gulfport man has been arrested on three felony counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes. Thirty-eight year-old Nicholas Puffer was arrested after the female victim filed a report with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office. The victim,…

Video of suspect holding Dollar Store employee at gunpoint

The Ocean Springs Police Department is searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery of a Dollar General store on Bienville Boulevard. Surveillance video shows the masked suspect threatening a Dollar General employee with a handgun. Police say the…

Armed robbery suspect on the loose in Ocean Springs

The Ocean Springs Police Department is searching for a man wanted for an attempted robbery of a Dollar General Store on Bienville Boulevard. Police say the masked man entered the store with a handgun, wearing a black beanie, white gloves,…

Ex-college student sentenced in hit and run

Nearly two years ago, Scott McGuire, a federal agent with the Homeland Security Investigation Unit in New Orleans and Gulfport native, was struck by a drunk driver in Miami just before getting into a taxi. The driver, then 21-year-old Jordana…

Arrested for taking away a motor vehicle

Twenty-four year-old Robert Petty of Magee, Mississippi was arrested on a charge of taking away a motor vehicle after a car was reported stolen from the Porter Avenue Service Drive. D’Iberville police located the vehicle within thirty minutes of the…

Cigarette shoplifter arrested

The so-called cigarette shoplifter in George County has been arrested. Twenty-four year-old Amos Rudolph Jr. of Mobile is currently in the Mobile Metro Jail awaiting extradition to George County on four felony shoplifting charges including one charge in Lucedale. This…

Charged with possession of stolen car

Biloxi police arrested a man found in possession of a stolen vehicle reported missing out of Pascagoula. Twenty-five year-old Christian Miller was met by police and arrested in the 1900 block of Beach Boulevard. He was taken to the Harrison…

Arrested for commercial burglary in Ocean Springs

An Ocean Springs man turned himself into police after realizing he was wanted for commercial burglary to a business on Bienville Boulevard. Police responded to the call of commercial burglary after the fact and were able to review footage of…

Man wanted for stealing $10,000 in cigarettes

The George County Sheriff’s Office needs help locating a man they say stole $10,000 worth of cigarettes from four Dollar General stores. George County deputies and Lucedale officers say the man in this picture is responsible. He was possibly seen…

Burglary of an automobile

A Gulfport man is now behind bars and is being charged with one count of burglary of an automobile. The Long Beach Police Department arrested 24-year-old Aaron Mays. According to officials, Mays and another suspect allegedly entered into a vehicle…

Arrested in connection with Gautier shooting

An 18-year-old was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting that happened in Gautier early yesterday morning. Police arrested Blake Anderson and charged him for the crime that took place just after 2:30 a.m. on Highway 90 near Dolphin Drive…

Bond set for Hancock County father-son murder suspects

A one million dollar bond has been set for the father and son charged with the murder of Diamondhead native Philip Whitaker. Investigators in Hancock County arrested 70-year-old Terry Smith and his son, 46-year-old Carl Smith, yesterday after questioning the…