GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A Gulfport man was sentenced for killing his girlfriend’s five-year-old son back in 2023. Thirty-two-year-old Denzel Jamal Blakely pled guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and felony child abuse. The investigation began on April 14, 2023 when the…
An Ocean Springs woman is charged with felony child abuse after allegedly participating in a 'suicide pact' with her 10-year-old daughter. 37-year-old Brittney Hensley was arrested in Huntsville, Alabama on October 15 and extradited back to Ocean Springs. She was…
Barring a miracle, Pearl police say charges are expected to be upgraded for a mother accused of trying to kill her nine-week-old child. Makaylia Jolley was arrested Thursday for attempted…
The family of a Biloxi 2-year-old who allegedly was murdered released balloons into the sky above the Mississippi Sound on Saturday to honor the child. A family came…
On Thursday, May 6th, 2021, Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 25-year-old Hunter Patterson and 27-year-old Kelee Patterson of Saucier on one count each of felony child abuse. According to Sheriff Peterson, on Sunday, March 28th, 2021, Child Protective…
Gulfport, Miss – District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that twenty-three-year-old Buddy Randall Cox was sentenced to 25 years for felony child abuse committed against his two-month old son. Harrison County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Bourgeois sentenced Cox, noting “what…
In Saucier, a woman is facing felony child abuse charges after she was reportedly found smothering her infant daughter. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, 23-year-old Simona Somers was found in her room with a thick blanket wrapped around…
Gulfport police have arrested a man accused of abusing and causing serious head injuries to his two-month-old son. Twenty-nine year-old Shawn Babbitt is charged with felony child abuse, one count of resisting arrest, and one count of disorderly conduct. Thursday,…
A Jackson County man accused of nearly beating his three-year-old son to death in 2016 will serve 40 years in prison. Twenty-six year-old Nathan McCrory pled guilty to two counts of felony child abuse and one drug count in a…
A Jackson County Grand Jury indicted 25-year-old, Nathan Blake McCrory, on four counts of felony child abuse. Sheriff, Mike Ezell, tells News25 McCrory's bond is now revoked after he violated the conditions of his bond. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department…