A man waiting on death row for his execution for the 1996 death of a George County woman will have to return to court. Blayde Grayson, 37, was convicted in 1997 of killing 78-year-old Minnie Smith after she woke after…
Gulfport Police announced another arrest in connection with the New Year's Eve shooting in Gaston Point that left four dead. Police said Breanna Necole Riley, 23, was arrested Tueday and charged with hindering the prosecution or apprehension of another…
Ocean Springs, MS - A man has been charged in the death of his father. Sheriff Mike Ezell said they found 77-year old Thomas Donald Baxter dead inside a home in the Gulf Park Estates Community on South 8th Street…
A man who dropped off a woman at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport and later died has been charged with murder in her death. Long Beach Police Chief Billy Seal said Robert Oshinski, 37, was arrested January 9. He was booked…
A Biloxi woman is accused of murdering her girlfriend in a Georgia hotel room before driving to South Mississippi and turning herself in. According…
Aceon Ja'shun Hopkins, 20, who escaped custody while at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula, is back in custody in Meridian. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said Hopkins turned himself in to a family…
A Gulfport man has been charged with murder in a shooting that occurred on Sunday. Long Beach Police Chief Billy Seal said Jonathan McNair, 34, was charged and taken to the Harrison County jail. His bond was set at $2…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — Police have arrested 50-year-old Phillip Latrell Collins and charged him with one count of first-degree murder. The arrest stems from an investigation that began on Sunday, November 7, 2021. At approximately 4:24 p.m. Sunday, officers responded…
In Jackson County today, Christopher Brown of Gulfport was in court, where he is charged with murder in the death of 36-year-old Nicholas Pittman. Deputies found Pittman deceased…
Jackson County Sheriff's Department investigators have identified the remains of a woman found in 1977 and believe she was killed by a serial killer who was coming through the state en route to Florida. Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a…
A Mobile man is charged in the shooting death of a Gulfport man at Golden Nugget Casino early Saturday morning. Jereme Lamond Jones, 30, of Mobile was charged with first degree murder…
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said in a press release Monday that a Saucier man has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend. Peterson said that on Friday, his office received information from the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office. He…
The man wanted in last weekend’s fatal shooting in Jackson County is behind bars after turning himself in late Friday afternoon. Christopher Jerome Brown of Gulfport is charged with murder in the death of Nicholas Darnell Pittman. Deputies found 36-year…
Jackson County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for a suspect in connection with a domestic-related fatal shooting. The shooting occurred late Saturday afternoon, according to Sheriff Mike Ezell. Investigators are searching for Christopher Jerome Brown, 30, in connection with the shooting…
A Moss Point man is facing capital murder charges after the death of a toddler. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a press release that James Garland Ward, 27, brought a 20-month-old female to Singing River Hospital. The child…
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WXXV) — A Picayune man has been arrested in connection to a decades-old cold case that was reopened in October of last year. Capt. Rhonda Johnson with the Picayune Police Department tells WXXV 47-year-old Sergio Williams was arrested…
Federal marshals arrested a 20-year-old Gulfport man in Jasper County in connection with a shooting on Monday in Gulfport. Jacquez Rashad McCormick has been charged with one count of murder in the death of of a man as a result…
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a man on Mississippi’s death row who says he killed his wife can give up all future appeals and request an execution date. Union County Circuit Judge Kent Smith issued…
A former Army captain serving three life sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children has asked a federal judge to free him due to his age and failing health.
Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers and the family of a man killed in his Pass Christian home are increasing the amount of a reward offered for information into the man's death. A press release from Pass Christian Police Department said Kenneth…
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WXXV) — The identities of a suspect and the victim in a fatal shooting in Moss Point have been released. On Monday, January 18, 2021, at 8:22PM, Moss Point Police Department Dispatch received a call of shooting…
Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81.
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — One man is behind bars after allegedly stabbing a person to death on Christmas Eve in Gulfport. The Gulfport Police Department announced the arrest of 25-year-old Grant Newman Gutierrez late Christmas morning. Police say officers responded…
A Lucedale man is now behind bars for two murders that happened shortly after midnight on December 12th in Leakesville. Greene County investigators have issued warrants for the arrest of 35-year-old Derrick Dewayne Chavers. Chavers is charged with two counts…