On February 20, 2024, Brandon Joseph Merrill, 40 years old, of Moss Point, pled guilty and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Calvin Taylor for Merrill’s abuse of a female child from the time she was 9 years old until…
A Gulfport man will spend the next 35 years in prison after his conviction on child sex crimes. 32-year-old David Earl Brown Jr., was convicted in October of three counts…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A military veteran pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to faking his own death off the Alabama coast to try to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott pleaded guilty to charges of sending…
NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted…
George County Sheriff's Department have arrested a Lucedale man in a case regarding the sexual abuse of a child. Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of possible sexual abuse of a child on Monday night in the area of Walters…
HARTFORD, ALA. (AP) — A man is accused of performing sexual acts on a 1-year-old girl while the child's grandmother livestreamed it on a pornographic site, authorities in Alabama said. Lisa Williamson, 41, and Steven Anthony Jackson, 19, both of…
The Catholic Diocese of Biloxi released a statement today in response to the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis. The statement lists the names of clergy accused of sexual misconduct. The names listed are Jose Vazquez Morales, Jerome J. Axton, and…
A Vancleave man accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl pled guilty to two counts of sexual battery. Twenty-eight year-old Sterling Davidson was sentenced to 30 years in prison with 15 to serve without the possibility of parole followed by…
Many athletes and coaches are feeling a sense of satisfaction after today’s sentencing that places former U.S Olympic Gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar, behind bars. “I feel very comfortable with my coaches, very safe.” The over 150 girls that were…
The trial begins today for the teacher accused in the sexual abuse of a student at Hancock High School. Leslie Danielle Dewitt is charged with two counts of sexual battery while in a position of trust and three counts of…
Thursday, students at North Bay Elementary School learned important lessons from some very special visitors.