Sexual Battery

Ocean Springs couple charged with sexual battery

An Ocean Springs couple is behind bars for having an inappropriate relationship with a juvenile. The Gautier Police Department received information that 40-year-old Cory Skalla and his wife Ariel Skalla of Ocean Springs were having a sexual relationship with a…

Ocean Springs woman charged with sexual battery

An Ocean Springs woman is behind bars for sexual battery of a juvenile. The Ocean Springs Police Department received a complaint from a parent of a 15-year-old boy who said their son was having a sexual relationship with an adult…

Harrison County man charged with sexual battery

According to officials, a 56-year-old man is behind bars in Harrison County on three felony counts of sexual battery charges after a 12-year-old victim told her mother. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, Ocean Springs resident Ernesto Martinez was arrested after…

Man charged with sexual battery

A D’Iberville man turned himself in after Ocean Springs police say he sexually assaulted a woman on Front Beach. According to Captain William Jackson, Manuel Alvelo is charged with sexual battery. Jackson says Alvelo met the female on an online…

Moss Point resource officer sentenced for sexual abuse

The Moss Point High School resource officer who was found guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old student in 2009 was sentenced today. The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office says Circuit Court Judge Kathy Jackson sentenced 51-year-old Kevin Williams to serve…

Mixed Martial Arts Instructor In Court

The Martial Arts Academy owner accused of sexual battery of a juvenile made his initial appearance in court this morning. 48 year old Allen Pisarich is the owner of academy mixed martial arts in ocean springs. An investigation began last…

Cameron May’s trial begins today in Jackson County

In Jackson County, trial begins today for the man accused of sexually assaulting and severely beating a woman in Ocean Springs. Cameron May is charged with one count of kidnapping, one count of sexual battery, and two counts of aggravated…

Ocean Springs Bus Driver In Court

Jury selection in the trial of a former Ocean Springs school bus driver begins today. Sergio Sandoval is facing four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes and one count of sexual battery. Sandoval is accused of sexually assaulting…

Ocean Springs Bus Driver In Court

The trial for the former Ocean Springs school bus driver accused of inappropriately touching a student was temporarily postponed this morning after Sergio Sandoval suffered a medical emergency. Sergio Sandoval passed out before proceedings got underway this morning and he…

Gulfport Man Sentenced for Sexual Battery of Girl

District Attorney Joel Smith announced today that Antonio Rodriquez-Rodgers Ainsworth pled guilty earlier this week to Sexual Battery of a 14-year old girl. After accepting his guilty plea, Judge Lisa Dodson sentenced the defendant to the maximum of 30 years,…

Charged With Sexual Battery

A man was arrested in Biloxi Sunday morning after a woman says he pulled her into a dark area and forced her to perform a sex act without her consent. Biloxi police arrested 55-year-old Michael Preston Kinney after responding to…

Sexual Battery Arrest

A Biloxi man is charged with sexual battery against a four-year-old. The Biloxi Police Department says 24-year-old Davorius Moore attempted to convince an adult to let the four-year-old victim meet him outside. The adult became suspicious of Moore and notified…

Kiln Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Battery of a Juvenile

A Kiln man pleads guilty to sexual battery of a child today. According to District Attorney Joel Smith, the investigation into 22-year-old Keith Poyadou began in 2012 after a nine-year-old victim told family members that Poyadou had sexually assaulted her…

Felony Sexual Battery and Molesting

Harrison County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Biloxi man on a felony charge of sexual battery and molesting of two female children. Howard Jones is accused of sexually assaulting two girls nine years ago when they were eight and six years…

Harrison County Man Charged with Sexual Battery of Teen

A Gulfport man has been arrested and charged with the sexual battery of a 16-year-old girl. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson says 37-year-old Antonio Jenkins was arrested yesterday. The 16-year-old victim says she was assaulted three times while visiting the suspect’s home.…

Teacher Charged with Sexual Battery

A Hancock County High School teacher is behind bars, charged with sexual battery of a juvenile today. According to Hancock County Investigator Glenn Grannon, 31-year-old Derek Beaushaw of Waveland was booked at the Hancock County Jail around 2 o'clock this afternoon…

Preacher Convicted of Sexual Battery

According to District Attorney Joel Smith, a former Stone County preacher will face charges after a jury found him guilty of sexual battery of a child today. Testimony against 55-year-old Carlos Smith of Saucier revealed that he and the victim…

Sexual Battery Arrest In Vancleave

On Tuesday January 19, 2016 , the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigation Division arrested 26 year old Sterling Randolph Davidson II for one count of Sexual Battery.