HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley has announced multiple arrests related to the seizure of large amounts of cocaine. Hector Rodriguez-Valdez, Bryan Rodriguez-Valdez, and Raul Quijas-Aguero of Mexico were arrested on federal drug trafficking charges. On August…
Trafficking charges filed in Florida against a Biloxi man have been dropped, court records show. 53-year-old Mark Wells was charged earlier this year with two counts of forced labor by human trafficking and two counts of contributing to the delinquency…
A Moss Point man will spend 35 years in prison for aggravated drug trafficking. District Attorney W. Crosby Parker said 37-year-old Regio Darrell Lavant of Moss Point was sentenced Tuesday after his conviction on March 1 to aggravated drug trafficking…
January is almost to a close, but the month is significant to those who have or are suffering from human trafficking. Human Trafficking Prevention Month is to educate the community…
A former Hancock County dispatcher is accused of trafficking drugs in the county. Sheriff Ricky Adam said 20-year-old Tempest Ariana Martin of Diamondhead was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Her bond was…
Three people were charged last week with trafficking of a minor. 39-year-old Frances Dawson of Jackson was arrested on May 1 at the CPS office, charged with two counts of procuring sexual servitude of a minor. Her bond was set…
A Gulfport man will serve more than 13 years for his role in a drug trafficking case in Gulfport. Joshua Taylor, 23, was stopped in Gulfport in March of this year and officers found heroin, methamphetamine and Ecstasy. Officers also…
Southeast Mississippi Narcotics Task Force made arrests during traffic stops in George County that resulted in the seizure of more than 70 grams of methamphetamine. Ladarius M. Johnson, 28, of Wilmer, Alabama, was arrested on November 12 after a traffic…
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation Human Trafficking/Special Victims Unit, a division of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, recently launched a newly designed website dedicated to combating human trafficking. The goal of the new website, funded by the Mississippi Legislature,…
Women, even young girls, as well as some men and boys, are trapped in the dark world of sex and human trafficking. Some locals, including at least one sex trafficking survivor and victor, are fighting back and you can help.…