One deputy shot and suspect taken into custody in Gautier
The FBI is still investigating a shooting in Gautier that injured a Harrison County deputy this morning. News 25’s Grant Chighizola has more.
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AMBER ALERT: 1-year-old, 3-year-old abducted in Mississippi
GREENVILLE, Miss. (WXXV) — The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued an AMBER ALERT for two missing children out of Greenville, Mississippi. 3-year-old Zaikeith Horn is described as a Black male, 3 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing about 35…
Sheriff: Louisiana man kidnaps woman, kills her after she escapes
By Associated Press LAPLACE, La. (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana said a man kidnapped a woman and fatally shot her when she escaped. Corrie Wallace was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Ja’Riel Sam. St. John…
Florida AMBER Alert issued for 1-week-old after three women found shot to death
MIAMI — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an AMBER Alert for a father and baby who've been missing since three women were found shot to death. Miami-Dade police say officers had been searching for 49-year-old Ernesto Caballeiro…
Police: Slain Alabama teen Aniah Blanchard tried to grab kidnapper’s gun
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Police wrote in a court record filed Wednesday that they believe the slain daughter of a well-known UFC fighter fought back against her assailant. Twenty-nine-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed faces capital murder charges in the death of Aniah…
Arrested for kidnapping and assault
Gulfport police arrested 19-year-old Zayron Seymour for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend. Seymour was arrested and booked into the Harrison County Jail on domestic violence, aggravated assault, and kidnapping of his 17-year-old girlfriend. According to the Harrison County Sheriff’s…
Habitual offender sentenced to 35 years
A Lucedale man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison on assault and kidnapping charges dating back four years ago. Andrew Williams, 31, was sentenced to two counts of kidnapping in Jackson County in March 2018 and one count…
Man charged with kidnapping following standoff in Pass Christian
Harrison County deputies have arrested 55-year-old Hiram Smith following the standoff that happened in Pass Christian on Monday. Sheriff Troy Peterson tells News 25 Smith forced his way into his estranged wife’s home on J.P. Ladner Road. Smith held her…
Homeless man pleads guilty to kidnapping and robbery
A Gulfport man took a guilty plea for armed robbery and kidnapping. Forty-seven year-old Ernest Eugene Leffew pled guilty before his trial was scheduled to begin in the case of what started as a missing person. Back on September 24th,…
Christopher Hendrix charged in case of missing Stone County man
Another man is behind bars in the case of a missing man from Perkinston. Officials in Stone County now say Christopher Hendrix has been charged with kidnapping in the case of 37-year-old Bruce Hariel. They say he was the man…
Charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, and rape
Twenty-two year-old Orlando Carter is behind bars today on charges of kidnapping, armed robbery, and rape. Long Beach police say Carter allegedly kidnapped a victim, robbed her at gunpoint, and sexually assaulted her. In a second incident, Carter robbed another…
Moss Point man extradited on kidnapping and sexual battery
A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenager in Mississippi last year is in custody after being arrested in Atlanta. Police say 32-year-old Jimmy David Williams sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in March. The girl had been waiting…
Arrested for kidnapping
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has located Paul Heathcoe who was arrested around 4 this afternoon in Pascagoula at his attorney’s office. Heathcoe is charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of domestic violence/aggravated assault. He allegedly held…
Gulfport man arrested for felony kidnapping
Thirty-year-old Michael Hillie of Gulfport has been arrested for felony kidnapping. Hillie was arrested by Gulfport police on a warrant. He remains in the Harrison County Jail without bond because he was out on a bond for similar charges. He…
Arrested for aggravated assault and kidnapping
Biloxi police arrested a man today on aggravated assault and kidnapping charges after a woman told police she had been held against her will for nearly 12 hours. Twenty-five year-old Gulfport native Ryan Chipman was arrested after police received a…
Kidnapping arrest
A Bay St. Louis man is behind bars for kidnapping. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, 36-year-old Hubert ONeal Fulton Jr. was arrested for kidnapping his girlfriend on Saturday, March 17th. The sheriff’s department responded to a domestic assault…
Young Moss Point female kidnapped and sexually assaulted
Moss Point police are searching for a man who reportedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a Moss Point High School student at gunpoint Wednesday morning. News 25’s Veronica Bayona is in Moss Point with more on this story.
Gang members sentenced for kidnapping and armed robbery
Two Simon City Royals gang members pled guilty in Harrison County Circuit Court to kidnapping and armed robbery. Twenty-seven year-old Colton Delaughter and 24-year-old William Stockstill of Picayune were each sentenced to 40 years in prison with 25 years to…
Charged with sexual battery and kidnapping of a child under 14
Two South Mississippi women are arrested in connection with a missing teen from Hattiesburg. The missing 13-year-old was found safe in Biloxi yesterday and reunited with her parents. The teen’s aunt, 38-year-old Shannon Hinton of Hattiesburg, was arrested along with…
Arrested on charges of kidnapping and aggravated assault
On Monday, October 23, 2017, Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 34-year-old Terrance Lee Dorsey of Pass Christian on the felony charges of kidnapping and aggravated assault-domestic violence. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to…
Child safe after 17-year-old takes car in Jackson
Mississippi police say they’ve found a three-year-old boy who was taken with a car and he’s unharmed. The search began at midday Monday after Sharon Knight told police that a 17-year-old she identified as Mike sped away in her car…
Waveland man arrested on multiple charges
Eighteen-year-old William Vinson Smith Belcher of Waveland has been arrested on the charges of aggravated assault, domestic violence, and kidnapping. According to Chief David Allen, Waveland police officers responded to Belcher’s residence in reference to a domestic violence incident. Upon…
Simon City Royal sentenced for kidnapping
Today a known Simon City Royal gang member is sentenced to 22 years in prison for a 2015 kidnapping in Jackson County. Thirty-year-old Christopher Gray pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to kidnap and one count of kidnapping. On…
Kidnapping sentence
Today a habitual offender was sentenced to 30 years in prison for charges of kidnapping. In February 2016, 41-year-old Maurice Pugh grabbed a woman by her neck outside of Club Blue Envy in Gulfport and carried her away. When he…