Harrison County man arrested on sex crimes involving a child
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Harrison County man is behind bars on sex crime charges involving a child. Thirty-six-year-old Kurtis Emmert of Saucier is charged with…
touching a child for lustful purposes
Appeals Court upholds Stone County man's conviction of sex crime against a child
A Stone County man convicted of sex crimes against a child has had an appeal for a new trial denied by the state court of appeals. 69-year-old Michael Alexander was indicted in 2020 and found guilty after a two-day trial…
Man sentenced to 50 years for sexual battery and touching of a child for lustful purposes
Biloxi, MS – Thirty-five year-old Gary Raymon Rush of Meridian, MS was sentenced this week to a total of 50 years in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the charges of Sexual Battery and two counts of Touching…
Convicted of four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes
On November 8, 2023, Rickey Lamar McNair, 69, of Greene County, Mississippi was convicted of Four Counts of Touching a Child for Lustful Purposes, in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Mississippi, before Judge Calvin Taylor. McNair pled guilty to…
Convicted of six counts of sexual battery and three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes
On August 28, 2023, Allan Todd Pisarich, 54, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi was convicted of six counts of sexual battery and three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, before Judge…
80-year-old Texas man pleads guilty to two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes
Gulfport, Miss. – District Attorney, W. Crosby Parker announced today that Julius Robert Palafox, eighty years old, of San Antonio Texas, plead guilty on October 31, 2022, to two counts of Touching of a Child for Lustful Purposes, and was…
Man found guilty of four counts of sexual battery, four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes
Bay St. Louis, MS - District Attorney W. Crosby Parker announced that 77-year-old Harry Lynn Trest, of Diamondhead, MS, was found guilty of four counts of sexual battery and four counts of touching a child for lustful purposes after a…
Lucedale man charged in sexual abuse of a child case
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…
Pass Christian man arrested for touching a child for lustful purposes
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WXXV) — A Pass Christian man is facing felony charges of touching a child for lustful purposes. Sheriff Troy Peterson says 49-year-old Timothy Moran Jr. has been arrested. Sheriff Peterson says on June 24th, the mother of…
Dad testifies at Sergio Sandoval’s trial
A father says he first thought bullies were behind his daughter’s hesitation to ride the school bus when she was 8 years old. Instead, she told him she was being sexually abused by the bus driver. The girl’s father testified…
Arrested for touching a child for lustful purposes
A Harrison County man is behind bars after he’s accused of child molestation. Zachariah Walburn was booked into the Harrison County Adult Detention Center and is facing a felony charge of touching a child for lustful purposes. A 13-year-old girl…
Gulfport man arrested for touching a child for lustful purpose
On Tuesday, May 15th Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the arrest of 58-year-old Harold Dean Dollar of Gulfport on a felony charge of touching a child for lustful purposes. According to Sheriff Troy Peterson, A Harrison County sheriff investigator took a…
Appeals court upholds sexual abuse verdict of former coach
A state appeals court says it won’t overturn the conviction of a former Mississippi high school basketball coach for molesting a player. The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled today that Leslie Dewitt’s convictions for touching a child for lustful purposes…
Man charged with exploitation of a child
Forty-one year-old George Ramp Jr. pled guilty to three counts of exploitation of a child and two counts of touching a child for lustful purposes. The events in question occurred between May 27th, 2015 and May 31st, 2015. Ramp briefly…
Guilty of molesting a child
A Jackson County jury finds a man guilty of touching a child for lustful purposes. According to the District Attorney’s Office, 26-year-old Darnell Marion was found guilty after a two day trial and sentenced to 15 years in the MDOC…