kidnapping

Mobile man sentenced for 2024 kidnapping in George County

GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Mobile man will spend 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to carjacking and kidnapping in George County. Thirty-seven-year-old Demetrius Young stole a woman’s vehicle with three children still inside in April 2024. Authorities say…

Texas man arrested in Biloxi for kidnapping

BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- A Texas man has been arrested by Biloxi police on kidnapping charges after a traffic stop on I-10 Thursday. Police say 20-year-old Tyler Ankenbruk was the passenger of a car driven by a juvenile girl, when it…

DeLisle man sentenced to 73 years for homicide and kidnapping

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-Thirty-nine-year-old Alexis Dwight Preston has been sentenced in a 2022 murder in Delisle. Preston pled guilty to second-degree murder and kidnapping for the July 3, 2022 murder of 24-year-old Cody Smith. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office received a…

Kiln man charged with robbing store, kidnapping teen

A Kiln man is in jail, charged with robbing a convenience store and kidnapping a teen. 19-year-old Danon Froman was charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and burglary of a commercial business. He was taken to the Hancock County jail. No…

Gulfport man pleads guilty to domestic violence- kidnapping

Gulfport, MS – District Attorney, W. Crosby Parker announced today that 25-year-old Justice Deshawn Gray, of Gulfport, pled guilty to Kidnapping, Domestic Violence and Taking of a Motor Vehicle earlier this week. Circuit Court Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced Gray to…

Woman charged with kidnapping has initial court appearance

The two boys who went missing from Pascagoula Friday night, six-year-old Kaiden Wall and two-year-old Kolden Wall have been located and are safe. Their non-custodial mother, 33-year-old Sarah Caswell, had her initial appearance at 10 this morning at United States…