Safe driving tips for the new year
Biloxi DUI enforcement shares a few tips to stay safe this New Year’s Eve. Have a plan! Before you go out, know where you’re going and how you’re getting home. Have all of your Uber, Lyft, and…
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MHP: 6 deaths, more than 5,900 citations during Thanksgiving holiday travel enforcement period
The Mississippi Highway Patrol has wrapped up its holiday travel enforcement period. MHP conducted safety checkpoints to combat speeding and reckless and distracted driving as well as enforcing child restraint and seat-belt laws. In South Mississippi, MHP…
Mississippi man convicted in crash that killed firefighters
By Associated Press SUMRALL, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to three counts of felony DUI after initially being indicted on charges he left the scene of a crash that killed two volunteer firefighters. News outlets reported…
Pascagoula officer and K-9 partner injured after being struck by drunk driver, police say
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV) — Two officers with the Pascagoula Police Department were injured in a car accident Tuesday night. Officer Snyder and his K-9 partner, Tony, were on patrol New Year's Eve when their vehicle was struck by an alleged…
Lawsuit accuses Biloxi police officers of sexually harassing teenage girl during traffic stop
BILOXI, Miss. — A lawsuit filed against the city of Biloxi alleges police officers sexually harassed a teenage girl before arresting her without cause. According to our media partner, the Sun Herald, the lawsuit was filed by the teen’s mother…
Gulfport PD kicks off new safety campaign
The Gulfport Police Department is beefing up patrols to help cut down on drunk or buzzed driving. Starting today through the New Year as a part of a new safety campaign called 'Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving', DUI trained officers…
Man sentenced to seven years for felony DUI
A Gulfport man has been sentenced to several years in prison after pleading guilty to his seventh DUI. John Langston, 50, has been sentenced to seven years to serve without parole for felony driving under the influence on August 16th,…
Man arrested on drug possession, DUI charges in Jackson County
Forty-one year-old Justin Nelson pled guilty to four charges including to one count of felony driving under the influence causing injury and one count of possession of a controlled substance of LSD. The DUI occurred on June 5th, 2016 at…
Long Beach man arrested for felony DUI
A Long Beach man pled guilty to two charges of felony driving under the influence fourth offense. Raymond Rogers is now behind bars from the incident that occurred in October 2017 and February 2018 for driving under the influence. Rogers…
DUI Club awards luncheon
More than 20 police departments across the state of Mississippi were honored at the DUI Award Luncheon in Biloxi. STORM, sobriety trained officers representing Mississippi, wanted to acknowledge officers involved with DUI enforcement by treating them to lunch. The awards…
Charged with felony DUI
A man suspected of driving under the influence offered officers a beer, but that tactic didn’t work on the Gulfport Police Department. Forty-eight year-old Cayce Jenkins is charged with felony driving under the influence. Police say last night they found…
Impaired driving enforcement in Gulfport
Police officers in Mississippi are getting advanced lessons on DUI enforcement. About a dozen officers from across the state are taking classes at the Gulfport Police Department. These classes focus on drug impaired driving, where officers go a step further…
Former Ole Miss QB arrested for DUI
Former Ole Miss and EMCC quarterback Bo Wallace was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Saturday night. West Point police made the arrest at 11 p.m. Saturday and Wallace was later released on bond. Wallace returned to Scooba…
Officers arrested and charged with DUI and Disorderly Conduct
Two South Mississippi police officers have been charged with DUI and disorderly conduct. The officers were arrested Friday after Jackson County sheriff deputies responded to a call of a fight in the parking lot of Beachview Package Store. The Moss…
Intoxicated Driver
One man is behind bars after a police chase last night. Biloxi police responded to an intoxicated driver swerving on Beach Boulevard. Officers saw the vehicle entering the I-110 Bridge without headlights. Officers then attempted to pull over the vehicle…
Woman Charged With DUI Causing Death
One Pass Christian woman is now behind bars charged with felony DUI causing death. Pass Christian assistant Police Chief M.Y. Carbine says 37 year old Natalie Duvernay is charged with the crime. The arrest stemmed from an investigation into a…
Arrest Made In Hit & Run That Injures One
A Pensacola woman is behind bars after driving onto the walking path of the Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge late last night striking a pedestrian. Police say witnesses reported a vehicle driving onto the walking path on the foot of the bridge…
Former MS officer DUI results in death in Florida
One of five children hit by a suspected drunk driver in Polk County, Florida yesterday has died from his injuries. Investigators say former Mississippi law enforcement officer John Camfield hit the five children Thursday afternoon after they got off their…
DUI charges following head on collision in Hancock County
A man is charged with DUI causing serious injuries after highway patrol officials say he slammed into a car head on in Hancock County around 3 today. Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Chase Elkins tells News 25 59-year-old Desmond Coogins was…
Sixty-one year-old man charged with DUI in Vancleave
An Ocean Springs man is charged with a DUI after a one vehicle accident in Vancleave last night. Around 10:30 deputies found 61-year-old Dale Edwards Seymour’s car upside down at the corner of Joe Batt and Old Biloxi Road. Authorities…
The Cost of a DUI in Mississippi
New Year’s Eve is one of the biggest nights of celebration, but it’s also a huge night for DUI arrests as well. Drinking and driving is not only dangerous, but expensive. In the state of Mississippi, the first offense could…
Troopers Issue Most Traffic Violations During Christmas
State troopers wrote 921 tickets in South Mississippi during the Christmas weekend Tickets written by troop K based in Biloxi include 596 tickets for hazardous violations and 12 DUI's. Troopers investigated 12 crashes including a wreck that killed one person.…
Drunk Driver Drives Car into the Sound
A Gautier man found himself in deep water this morning. Thirty-five year-old Michael Duffy of Gautier drove his Cadillac SUV into the Mississippi Sound in Pascagoula late last night while allegedly driving under the influence on Market Street. Pascagoula police…
3rd DUI With Child In Car
Deputies said a Gulfport man was driving under the influence of alcohol for the third time this time with a child in his car. Michael Devon Jones was arrested Tuesday after leaving the scene of an accident in Long Beach.…