DUI causing death

Vancleave man sentenced for DUI causing death

A Vancleave man was sentenced for DUI causing death. 62-year-old Huong Van Nguyen entered a guilty plea on February 14th, 2025 and sentencing was deferred at that time. Nguyen was sentenced on February 28th to 25 years with 18 to…

Man sentenced to serve 20 years for Biloxi DUI causing death

Biloxi, Mississippi – Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Blaise Leggett, Jr., of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was sentenced today to 25 years, 5 years suspended, leaving 20 years to serve in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Leggett will be on post-release…

Man pleads guilty to DUI causing death in Harrison County

Twenty-eight year-old Michael Kennedy of New Orleans pled guilty today to DUI causing death. The charges stem from an incident that occurred in March 2017. Kennedy is responsible for the death of 21-year-old Robert Ivey. The defendant had to bypass…

DUI causing death sentencing

A woman convicted of felony DUI causing death was sentenced today in court. Twenty-one year-old Kaleigh Dartez was sentenced to 25 years in prison with 12 suspended, leaving 13 years to serve. In November 2014, Dartez was the driver in…

DUI causing death conviction

After a three day trial, a Long Beach woman was found guilty of a felony DUI and killing her passenger after a night out at a Diamondhead bar. On November 14, 2014, 21-year-old Kaleigh Ann Dartez was involved in an…