Domestic Violence

Waveland Police charge man with shoplifting, choking woman

Waveland Police have arrested a Louisiana man after he choked his female companion. Police Chief Michael Prendergast said 31-year-old Manch Cadwallader of Baton Rouge has been charged with shoplifting and domestic aggravated assault. He was taken to the Hancock County…

Biloxi man charged with aggravated domestic assault

A Biloxi man has been charged with aggravated domestic assault in connection with an incident earlier this month. Police say on March 15, officers were sent to the 100 block of Beauvoir Road regarding a domestic complaint. Police found the…

Gulfport man pleads guilty to domestic violence- kidnapping

Gulfport, MS – District Attorney, W. Crosby Parker announced today that 25-year-old Justice Deshawn Gray, of Gulfport, pled guilty to Kidnapping, Domestic Violence and Taking of a Motor Vehicle earlier this week. Circuit Court Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced Gray to…

Gautier man charged after allegedly choking a woman

A Gautier man is behind bars, arrested after he allegedly choked a woman he has a relationship with. Gautier Police Chief David Bever said 30-year-old Ladarius McCleod was arrested yesterday and charged with domestic violence aggravated assault. He was taken…

Vancleave man convicted on domestic violence charges

A Vancleave man was convicted of multiple domestic violence offenses after trying to kidnap his ex-wife. Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McInrath said 43-year-old Darrell Ray Morris was convicted Friday of aggravated stalking, possession of a weapon by a…

Ocean Springs man accused of aggravated assault

Ocean Springs Police arrested a man over the weekend after he allegedly strangled a person. 38-year-old Blake Cullen was arrested and charged with aggravated assault-domestic violence on Sunday. Capt. Ryan Lemaire said the victim had marks on their neck indicating…

Woman accused of shooting man during domestic dispute

A Harrison County woman is in jail, accused of shooting a man in a domestic dispute. Sheriff Troy Peterson said 39-year-old Edna Charlene Rivers was charged with aggravated assault-domestic violence. She was taken to the Harrison County jail and bond…

Gautier investigating hit-and-run causing injury

Gautier Police are investigating a hit-and-run as a domestic violence case after a woman was injured Thursday morning. Officers responded to a call to the Chevron Gas Station on Highway 57 about a female who had been hit by a…

Reaching out to domestic violence victims during pandemic

Times of economic and psychological stress at home as well as isolation are drivers for domestic violence. During the coronavirus lock downs, there was an increase in the number of calls for domestic violence and an increase in the number…

Arrested for domestic violence aggravated assault

The Biloxi Police Department arrested 37-year-old Brandon Lee Walker of Biloxi on a warrant for domestic violence aggravated assault. The warrant was issued as the result of an investigation into an alleged domestic assault that was reported on in the…

Shining a light on domestic violence awareness

Domestic violence is a growing issue that plagues communities throughout the world and of course right here in the Magnolia State. One Biloxi women hopes by sharing her daughter’s story, it could possibly save another from the horrors of relationship…