A Stone County jailer has been charged in connection with an investigation into contraband coming into the Stone County jail. 26-year-old Bryan Rodgers was arrested Thursday and charged with possession of prohibited items by persons other than offenders. He is…
By GWEN DILWORTH/Mississippi Today Officials say a new Mississippi law to decrease the number of people being jailed solely because they need mental health treatment has led to fewer people with serious mental illness detained in jails – but the data…
A former Harrison County corrections officer has been charged with bringing contraband into the jail. Sheriff Matt Haley said 40-year-old Kristina Eaton of Moss Point was charged with introduction of contraband into a correctional facility. She turned herself in on…
A Harrison County inmate has sued Harrison County and Sheriff Troy Peterson and unnamed defendants, claiming he was assaulted and raped while in the county jail. The inmate filed a federal lawsuit on December 2, asking for compensatory and punitive…
POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Two inmates were back behind bars Wednesday after escaping a Mississippi jail over the weekend. Authorities received a tip late Tuesday that Rodney Wayne Smith and Jonathan Theo Culpepper were hiding out in a home in…
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — A judge set bond Thursday for a prison guard who was arrested on charges of bringing contraband items, including methamphetamine, into Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a news release Thursday…
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) — Officials say a Mississippi inmate has died several days after he was assaulted by fellow prisoners. Torrie Ellis, 40, died Thursday at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, news outlets reported. Ellis had been serving a…
A Gulfport woman has been charged in a burglary and arson case. Gulfport Police said in a press release that Sumer Ree Treadaway, 42, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of arson and one count of burglary of…
Jackson County Sheriff's Office has arrested a juvenile in the Wednesday morning shooting death of a man found lying in the road in Gulf Park Estates. Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a press release that deputies responded to a call…
Biloxi Police on Saturday arrested a Biloxi man on assault charges after he allegedly struck an officer trying to take him into custody. Police responded to a call Saturday of a domestic assault on Peyton Drive. When officers arrived, they…
A Gulfport man who tried to flee a crime scene is charged with assault on a police officer when he hit a Biloxi cop while leaving the scene. Capt. Brian Dykes said in a press release that Eric Finnell Hardy,…
A 19-year-old Gulfport woman has been charged with embezzlement from her place of employment. Biloxi Police said in a press release that Olivia Alexia Brooks of Gulfport was developed as a suspect after officers responded to a call about embezzlement…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has been called in after a Vancleave woman died in the Jackson County Jail on Friday. Sheriff Mike Ezell said Jennifer Carol Foster, 50, was arrested Friday by Ocean Springs…
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Nearly 150 Vermont inmates housed in a Mississippi prison have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, the head of the Vermont Corrections Department announced Wednesday. Vermont houses 219 inmates at the…
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — More than 220 positive COVID-19 tests have been reported at the George County Regional Correctional Facility. Sheriff Keith Havard says last week after initial testing by medical staff identified approximately six positive cases of the…
Biloxi Police on Sunday arrested a man on a warrant charging him with auto burglary. Major Christopher DeBack said Gregory Lee Melbert, 52, was arrested Sunday. The arrest was the result of a reported auto burglary that occurred in the…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) -- Authorities in Mississippi said a female inmate is pregnant after she had a "quickie" with another inmate in jail. Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said the pregnancy was confirmed by a nurse practitioner. Patten says trusted…
A Biloxi man is behind bars for three counts of sexual battery and one count of touching of a child for lustful purposes. The arrest stemmed from a complaint filed by the mother of a 14 year old girl who…
A judge revoked bond for the Long Beach man accused of murdering Deverick Johnson Monday night. According to the Harrison County Jail Docket, 28 year old James McDowell is not bondable. McDowell is accused of shooting Johnson in the head…
One of the Louisiana police officers involved in the shooting death of a six-year-old from Hattiesburg and the attempted murder of his father is now out of jail. Derrick Stafford bonded out of jail today. Stafford has already been transferred…
The Harrison County Jail is now being run according to U.S Department of Justice standards and no longer needs federal supervision.