Former Diamondhead Councilman Alan Moran pleaded guilty today in Hancock County Circuit Court in a sexual molestation case. Moran, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of the four-count indictment before opening statements on Wednesday morning. "Alan took a plea deal,"…
The Ocean Springs Police Department arrested Andrew Steele of Ocean Springs today for two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes. The assault was reported to police by the victim's mother on December 6, the victim was known by…
A Jackson County man is in jail, charged with multiple sex crimes against children. Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter said 32-year-old Justin Allday was arrested Wednesday on…
The state Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that denied the appeal of a former Biloxi official asking to have his conviction overturned. Cliff Kirkland was convicted of nine counts of touching a child for lustful purposes…
A Biloxi man is in jail, charged with assaulting a child. Biloxi Police say 36-year-old Michael Gilbert is charged with sexual battery and touching a child for lustful purposes. He was taken to Harrison County jail Tuesday. Bond was set…
A Waveland man is in jail today, charged with sex crimes against a minor child. Waveland Police say 64-year-old Frederick Robinson of Waveland was arrested Thursday night. He is charged with sexual battery and two counts of touching a child…
A man hired as a substitute teacher at Ocean Springs Middle School has been charged with sex crimes in an investigation that began Tuesday. 21-year-old KeShawn Belcher was arrested and charged with one count of exploitation of a child and…
A Long Beach man was arrested and charged on a federal warrant with manufacturing child pornography. 45-year-old Jason L. Rhodes was arrested on February 8, 2023, after a joint investigation with the FBI, the state Attorney General's Office and Long…
A man accused of having sexual intercourse will a juvenile on multiple occasions has been charged with sexual battery. Gulfport Police Chief Adam Cooper said 71-year-old David Lee Grizzle was arrested on Monday. Cooper said detectives learned that Grizzle was…
A Biloxi man is charged with enticement of a child after allegedly exposing himself. 34-year-old Christopher Carmel Burdine was arrested Thursday afternoon in the St. Martin community. He is being held without bond, awaiting an initial court appearance. Sheriff John…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for faking his own death in Alabama to avoid criminal charges of impregnating a teenage girl in his home state of Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott was sentenced Monday…
A Waveland man is behind bars, accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile. Waveland Chief Mike Prendegast said officers received a complaint last weekend that a female juvenile was being molested. After investigating the complaint, Michael Eugene Moore, 67, of Waveland,…
Former Biloxi City Official Cliff Kirkland’s sex crimes trial started today after being delayed earlier this week. Kirkland faces nine criminal charges, accusing him of fondling three minor girls at…
Testimony expected to begin today in the sex crimes trial of former Biloxi city official Cliff Kirkland has been delayed until Thusday. No reason was given for the delay. Kirkland faces nine criminal charges accusing him of fondling three minor…
IUKA, Miss. (AP) — A former social worker with the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services has received eight years in prison for sex crimes involving two teenage boys under her care. Lauren Rose Cavness, 27, of Tishomingo, appeared Wednesday…
A Harrison County grand jury found enough evidence to indict former Biloxi city official Fredrick Cliff Kirkland on nine sex crime charges. According to our media partner the Sun Herald, Kirkland was initially arrested on December 17th,…
Authorities say parents need to keep a very close eye on what mobile apps their children are using after an alleged sexual predator from Biloxi’s arrest. Police say the messenger app the Biloxi man had a profile on is not…
A homeless Harrison County man is facing charges for multiple sexual crimes tonight. According to Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson, 44-year-old Clifford Melvin Keetion Jr. is in the Harrison County Adult Detention Center for two counts of sexual battery, one…
A Jackson County man was sentenced 15 years in prison for molesting a 15-year-old girl. According to the district attorney’s office, 32-year-old Michael Jacob Hilton will serve two years of that sentence in prison and the remaining 13 will be…
A 24-year-old transgender man from Lucedale has pled guilty to sex crimes ranging all the way back to 2012. Krishna “Kris” Maroney pled guilty to six counts of sexual battery and one count of touching of a child for lustful…
A Pascagoula woman was indicted on three counts of sexual battery to a child under the age of 14.
Governor Phil Bryant has created a task force to address human trafficking in Mississippi.
