first degree murder

Found guilty of first-degree murder

A Harrison County jury found a man guilty of a shooting death that happened two years ago at Southern View Apartments in Biloxi. Thirty-one year-old Orlando Newell of Biloxi was sentenced to life without parole for the crime. He was…

Gulfport man sentenced to life in prison for murder

A Gulfport man will be spending the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to the first degree murder of his wife. Forty-nine year-old William Douglas Bryant pled guilty at the Harrison County Courthouse. Bryant was charged with…

Son charged in school counselor’s death

A Hattiesburg High School guidance counselor was found dead in her home and now authorities say her son, 29-year-old Terrell Johnson, is charged in her death. Sherry Johnson was found brutally murdered in her home on Johnson Road Wednesday in…

Update on drug deal homicide

Court testimony alleges a man fatally shot two men in connection with a drug deal at an apartment complex. Thirty-five year-old Torre Mandrell Clark is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 40-year-old Fredrick Robinson and…