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Biloxi Police make arrest in commercial burglary case

Biloxi Police Department arrested a Gulfport man in connection with a commercial burglary case. John Brown, 25, was charged with burglary of a commercial building on Wednesday. The arrest stemmed from an investigation where Brown allegedly entered into a room…

Arrested for aggravated assault and robbery in Biloxi

The Biloxi Police Department responded to a report of an aggravated assault and robbery that occurred on the 200th block of Oak Street. Lucinda Harris, Sharparis Johnson, and Raheem Johnson were identified as suspects that allegedly assaulted the victim and…

Waffle House robbery arrest

A man was taken into custody following a violent robbery at a local Waffle House. According to Gulfport Police, Willie Duckworth entered a Waffle House, jumped over the counter, assaulted an employee and took cash from the register before fleeing…

Arrested on warrant for robbery

On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, the Biloxi Police Department arrested 39-year-old Ryan Michael Salter of Biloxi, MS on an arrest warrant for robbery. The arrest stemmed from an investigation into a complaint, in which Salter allegedly followed an individual to…

Arrested for robbery

Biloxi police arrested sixty-one year-old Curtis Lee Pearson for robbery today. Police responded to a complaint in which a victim reported Pearson forcibly took her purse and fled the scene on foot near the 300 block of Crusader’s Drive. Officers…

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,…

Arrested on a warrant for robbery

The Biloxi Police Department arrested 36-year-old William Lee Pendergrass of Moss Point on a warrant for robbery. The warrant was issued as the result of an investigation into an attempted robbery incident reported in October 2018 in the 800 block…

Man sentenced for robbery and assault

Twenty-four year-old Gulfport native Marces Rush has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for two robberies and an aggravated assault in 2016. The first robbery occurred in December of that year where Rush reportedly stole a Texaco store clerk’s…

Jewelry theft at Treasures Kiosk in Edgewater Mall

On June 15, 2018, the Biloxi Police Department conducted an investigation into the theft of jewelry from the Treasures Kiosk located inside Edgewater Mall in which two unknown suspects stole approximately $6,000.00 worth of gold charms/ pendants from the business.…

Popps Lamey Convenience Store robbery

Four suspects are in custody after an early morning robbery turned shooting at a D’Iberville convenience store. Police officials tell News 25 four suspects tried to rob the Popps Lamey Convenience Store around 6 a.m.  When the suspects fled the…

Man and woman arrested after armed robbery in Gulfport

Gulfport police arrested 34-year-old Justin Smith and 28-year-old Cierrial Sunkins. Smith is charged with one count of armed robbery. Sunkins is charged with accessory after the fact. A victim stated that her purse was taken at gunpoint in the 3200…

Government Street Quick Stop robbery

Ocean Springs police arrested 18-year-old Zishon Hunt for robbery that took place at Government Street Quick Stop late Saturday night. A victim claims that once he entered the store, he was confronted by Hunt and when the victim left, Hunt…

Man beat, robbed at gunpoint in Ocean Springs

A patient at the Ocean Springs Hospital contacted the Ocean Springs Police Department to report that he was robbed at gunpoint at Fort Bayou Apartments. The victim claims that he went to the wrong apartment just before two black males…

Walmart robbery in Waveland

Waveland police are on the lookout for a suspect who stole a backpack from Walmart and then proceeded to rob the Woodforest Bank located inside the store. According to Chief David Allen, around 2:50 this afternoon, a small white sedan…

OS Robbery Suspect Spotted Again

Police believe this suspect caught on surveillance video at the Travelodge on highway 90 in ocean springs Sunday night is the same person that robbed a chevron and held a clerk at gun-point. The security footage shows the suspect in…

Arrested for armed robbery

Four Alabama residents including a 15-year-old girl have been charged with armed robbery after reportedly holding up a man in a St. Martin hotel room where the victim thought he was meeting a woman with whom he’d met through social…

Robbery of Bancorp South on Pass Road

Police are looking to identify the man who robbed the Bancorp South on Pass Road in Biloxi this morning. Photo from surveillance video shows the suspect as an older white male wearing a white polo, khaki pants, and a white…

Bancorp South on Pass Road robbery

News 25 has received reports of a bank robbery at the Bancorp South located on Pass Road in Biloxi. Details are limited, but the public is advised to be on the lookout for an older white male wearing a white…

BREAKING: Bank Robbery in Biloxi

Biloxi Police are currently investigating a bank robbery at Bancorp South on Pass Road. The incident happened just before 11 a.m. Authorities describe the suspect as an older white male wearing a white polo, khaki pants and a white cap.…