Hattiesburg man sentenced for child sex crimes
A Hattiesburg man will serve 20 years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material. Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office says 54-year-old Kenneth Loveless was sentenced recently in Forrest…
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Woman charged in sex crime case involving a dog in Gulfport
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-Gulfport police have arrested a 29-year-old woman on child exploitation and sex crime charges involving a dog. Twenty-nine-year-old Micheryl Thomas is charged with one count of unnatural intercourse and one count of possession of child pornography. Police say…
Gulfport man sentenced on child sex crime charges
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- In Harrison County, a Gulfport man will spend decades in prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes involving a minor. Forty-three-year-old Leonard Roberts pled guilty to sexual battery and exploitation of a child. A Harrison County…
Ocean Springs man sentenced for sexual battery and exploitation of a child
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WXXV)- An Ocean Springs man was sentenced for sexual battery and exploitation of a child in Jackson County Circuit Court Monday. Thirty-four-year-old Justin Wayne Allday pled guilty to one count of sexual battery and one count of…
Coast doctor charged in sex crimes in Louisiana
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WXXV)- A Bay St. Louis doctor was arrested in Louisiana for indecent behavior with juveniles. Thirty-two-year-old Brandon Bunol is also charged with computer solicitation with a minor and the Louisiana Attorney Generals Office alleges Bunol had…
Jackson County man sentenced for possessing images of child sexual abuse
A Vancleave man pleads guilty to exploitation of a child in Jackson County circuit court. According to Assistant District Attorney Carolyn Lewis, In April of 2022, investigators were made aware of sexual images of a child being uploaded to the…
Gulfport man charged with multiple sex crimes
A Gulfport man faces six sex-crime related charges as a result of an investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Gulfport Police on Wednesday morning arrested 39-year-old Otis Penn at a Gulfport residence on outstanding warrants from MBI. The charges,…
Former substitute who pleaded guilty to sex crimes now faces a new indictment
A Gautier man serving a 20-year-sentence for sex crimes against minors was indicted on a charge of making a false bomb threat. 22-year-old Keshawn Belcher was indicted in September and returned to Jackson County to face that indictment on Thursday.…
Man who fled court during jury deliberations sentenced to life
A Kentucky man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sex crimes in Harrison County. 55-year-old Jimmy Joe Davis was in court in May and the jury was deliberating charges of sexual battery and touching a…
Biloxi man found guilty of indecent exposure, filming women in restrooms
It took a Jackson County jury about an hour to convict a Biloxi man of filming women in public restrooms and indecent exposure. 36-year-old Christopher Burdine will be sentenced on December 4. The case began in 2023 when Jackson County…
Former worship leader intends to change plea to guilty to child porn charges
A former worship leader from Saucier has filed his intent to plead guilty to federal sex crime charges this month. 34-year-old Tyler Selby was indicted in September 2023 on charges of producing a video of himself and a young boy…
Moss Point man to serve 28 years for sex crimes against child
A Moss Point man was sentenced this week to spend nearly 30 years behind bars after his conviction on sex crime charges against a child. District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath said 32-year-old Lavern Williams was convicted Tuesday on charges of…
Biloxi man faces multiple sex crime charges against minor
A Biloxi man has been arrested for the second time in a week on sex crime charges involving a minor. Biloxi Police say 40-year-old Aaron Costa was arrested September 6 on a touching a child for lustful purposes. The charge…
Former pastor indicted charges sex crimes against juvenile
A former pastor at a Long Beach church has been indicted on sex crime charges. A Harrison County jury indicted 53-year-old John Jones on two counts of sexual battery and one count of touching a child for lustful purposes. Jones…
Man convicted of sexually assaulting child loses appeal
A Jackson County man lost his appeal to have his conviction on sex charges overturned. Jacob Scott was sentenced in 2022 to 85 years in prison. He was convicted of four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes, nine…
New charges added to former Ocean Springs substitute teacher's case
A former substitute teacher charged with sex crimes against minors while working at Ocean Springs Middle School last year has been indicted on new charges. 22-year-old Keshawn Tre'Vyun Belcher now faces more than nine charges after an indictment was unsealed.…
Gulfport man charged in Biloxi rape case
A Gulfport man has been charged in connection with a rape that was reported in October. Biloxi Police on Friday arrested 31-year-old Austin Goff on a charge of rape. He was taken to the Harrison County jail and bond was…
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction
BY MICHAEL R. SISAK AND DAVE COLLINS NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify…
Meridian man convicted of sex crimes against minor
A Meridian man was convicted this week of sex crimes against a juvenile. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said 35-year-old Gary Rush was found guilty of sexual battery and two counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes by…
Pascagoula man charged with sex crimes against juvenile
A Pascagoula man has been charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile and other crimes. Pascagoula Police arrested 46-year-old Michael Shane Steiner on Wednesday on charges of sexual battery while in a position of trust, child pornography and assault. He was…
Harrison County man indicted on sex crime charge
A Harrison County man has been indicted on sex crime charges. According to the indictment, 20-year-old Dequon Johnson, is charged with one count of touching a child for lustful purposes. The indictment states that been May 28 and May 29,…
Harrison County man indicted and faces seven counts on sex crimes
A Harrison County man has been indicted on multiple sex crime charges by a grand jury. Thirty-six-year-old Michael Gilbert was arrested Monday on the indictments…
Harrison County man indicted on multiple sex crime charges
A Harrison County man has been indicted on multiple sex crime charges by a grand jury. 36-year-old Michael Gilbert was arrested Monday on the indictments of two counts of sexual battery, three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes,…
Saucier man sentenced to 60 years for sex crimes
Gulfport, MS – District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced today that Kendal Wayne Bodie of Saucier, Mississippi, age 37, was convicted by a Harrison County jury of two counts of Sexual Battery and one count of Touching of a Child…