Waveland Police have arrested a man in connection with an early Saturday morning shooting. Police say 22-year-old Robert Sams Jr. of the Kiln has been charged with 1st degree murder and aggravated assault He was taken to the Hancock County…
A woman who allegedly shot her estranged husband outside the Pearl River County courthouse has been charged with murder. 49-year-old Tanya Lindell Saucier was taken into custody by Poplarville Police shortly after the shooting. She was taken to the Pearl…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmy “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominent in the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Mississippi. Jurors…
A Vancleave man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of killing a man over missing property. 39-year-old Thomas Pearson II was convicted of first-degree murder on Thursday evening in the April 21, 2021 shooting…
By Daniella Silva The man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty of murder Wednesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the immigration debate earlier this year ahead of the presidential election. Jose Antonio Ibarra,…
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the 2014 murder case of a Long Beach woman. Kimberly Jo "Kim" Watts, a divorced mother of one who worked as a nurse,…
A New Orleans woman is behind bars, charged in the death of a man found at a home in Carriere. Pearl River County Sheriff's Office said 47-year-old Showanda Carter has been charged with murder in the death of 45-year-old Clint…
A Moss Point man has been charged in connection with a missing man found dead on Wednesday morning. Police said 22-year-old Johnny Anderson was charged with murder and was taken to Jackson County jail. Bond has not been set pending…
A Gulfport woman will serve 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting an ex-boyfriend during an argument and waiting more than an hour before seeking medical help. 40-year-old Edna Rivers was sentenced to 40 years for second-degree murder,…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided not to hear an appeal by a Mississippi man convicted of capital murder. The state Supreme Court also denied his appeal for post conviction relief, which was handed down Friday. Leslie 'Bo' Galloway…
A Cold Case murder victim has been identified as a Long Beach woman after 22 years. The victim was identified with new technology utilized by the FBI…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 2:48 PM CDT, October 1, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously denied the latest appeal from a man who has been on the state’s death row longer than any other inmate. Richard…
A Gulfport man will spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to stabbing a man to death in 2022. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said 44-year-old Christopher Moore pleaded guilty last week to killing 63-year-old Darrell Parker…
A 14-year-old has been charged in the shooting death of a 16-year-old in Harrison County On Sunday. Sheriff Matt Haley said that at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, deputies responded to the 13000 block of Robindale Road in Gulfport for…
A Moss Point man will spend 40 years in prison for a murder he committed when he was 15. Judge Calvin Taylor sentenced 18-year-old Korey Monroe on Thursday for the January 18, 2021 murder of 18-year-old Caleb Lett. He must…
A Bay St. Louis man is in jail, charged with murder in the shooting death of another man on Thursday evening. Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said 38-year-old Ronald Zoerner is charged with murder. He was taken to Hancock County…
A Stone County jury took just 18 minutes to convict a Wiggins man of the brutal 2018 killing of his mother. Terelle Johnson was convicted of first degree murder in the beating and choking death of his mother, 51-year-old Sherry…
The murder trial of a man accused of stabbing a Biloxi woman is under way in Harrison County Circuit Court. Pitipong Daengbunga, the 40-year-old native of Thailand, is being charged with stabbing 42-year-old Jamie Boggs to death and tampering with…
73-year-old Warren Luther Alexander of Diamondhead is accused of three California cold-case murders dating back to the 1970s... all thanks to new DNA technology. Alexander was connected to his alleged victims after…
A 15-year-old Gulfport teen has been charged with trying to kill a woman in her sleep. Lexi Jade Brown was charged with attempted murder and first-degree arson. She…
On Friday, June 14, 2024, the Hattiesburg Police Department arrested three individuals, charging all three with capital murder in connection to the deadly shooting of 21-year-old Marcus “MJ” Daniels, Jr. Orlando May, 18, of Hattiesburg, has been arrested and charged…
A Biloxi man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2020 death and dismemberment of a man at a trailer park. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said 45-year-old Clint Barrett Brower pleaded guilty Monday morning to…
A Picayune woman is charged with murder in the stabbing death of a man she was in a relationship with. Picayune Police say officers were sent to a home on East Canal on May 17 in reference to someone bleeding.…
Gulfport Police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting death last week. Police said 32-year-old Chaz Joshua-Dixon Farrell was arrested Saturday and charged with murder. He was taken to the Harrison County jail. Bond is set at $1…