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|By WLOX Staff
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is searching for 25-year-old Kevin Chau Bui, described as an Asian man, 5′5″ tall and weighing approximately 170 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By WLOX Staff
Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department said Richard McGuire cut through one fence and scaled another Friday trying to escape.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By WLOX Staff
Kevin Wayne Sherrod was arrested on a capital murder charge in connection to a Sunday night death.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By WLOX Staff
The victim of a Sunday night homicide has been identified, and his murder suspect is behind bars.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By WLBT.com Staff
Autopsy results showed the child died from blunt-force trauma, the sheriff said.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 6:22 PM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
Four Mississippi escapees are back in the custody of law enforcement. The last escapee was captured earlier Saturday morning.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 3:21 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Following the recovery of the Miner’s Toy Store statue, Ocean Springs Police Department is asking for assistance in locating two people believed to have stolen the statue from downtown Ocean Springs.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 9:06 PM CDT
|By Maggie Wade
The State Attorney General announced the sentencing of four men involved in child exploitation cases across Mississippi.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 8:29 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
New details from a murder on Wednesday are coming to light following the suspect’s first appearance in court on Friday.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter
A resident of Pelahatchie, Mississippi, has been named as a defendant in a $300 million, multi-country “textbook pyramid and Ponzi scheme.”
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Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 11:49 AM CDT
|By Shyra Sherfield
Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office says early Friday morning, the four inmates cut a hole through the roof of the jail and escaped.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 12:04 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Octavius Black was arrested in 2018 for running over 58-year-old Betty Vaughans on Bellview Avenue in Moss Point. According to police, the pair had a disagreement over Vaughans’ 2003 Cadillac Escalade before Black used the same vehicle to hit her.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Police believe the statue was stolen from Miner’s Doll and Toy Store sometime on Monday night.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:12 PM CDT
|By WDAM Staff
A second person is under arrest in a child neglect investigation stemming from the death of a five-month-old infant.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 1:49 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Flowood police took 58-year-old Jennetta Morgan into custody on Wednesday, July 27.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Richard J. McGuire, 44, pled guilty Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 3:39 PM CDT
|By WSFA 12 News Staff
A man is facing multiple charges after a child, found walking alone Monday night, led investigators to a horrific discovery.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 8:47 AM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Reginald White is wanted on one count of attempted murder, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 7:54 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Michael Oneal Tate Jr was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 10:11 PM CDT
|By Quentin Smith
The 22-year-old is being charged with first-degree murder in the death of his Ole Miss classmate Jimmie “Jay” Lee.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 6:31 AM CDT
|By Sydney Hawkins
While the 22-year-old is appearing before a judge, friends and family of Lee will gather outside of the Oxford courthouse in Lee’s honor.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Bria Bolden
A Mid-South man’s viral video has landed him behind bars after what he reportedly said and did sparked outrage in his community.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 7:07 PM CDT
|By Walter Murphy
22-year-old Sheldon Timothy Herrington, Jr. of Grenada, Mississippi is charged with murder.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 7:07 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
A man was arrested and charged with the murder of Jimmie ‘Jay’ Lee.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
34-year-old Andrew James Treadaway of Gulfport has pleaded guilty to armed robbery, burglary of a dwelling and aggravated assault.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By Josh Carter, Anthony Warren and Quentin Smith
The crash is being investigated by the Highway Patrol and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 9:27 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Two suspects, Malik Toliver and Kendrick Thompson, allegedly involved in an armed robbery last week in St. Martin in the parking lot of a gas station at the Neighborhood Walmart are now in custody.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 6:52 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
On Thursday, Moss Point Police Department announced the arrest of Emanuel Tamarus Scott, 17, in connection to a shooting that took place earlier this year.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
24-year-old Samuel Maurice Bridges of Gulfport has pled guilty to a 2019 armed robbery as well as the 2020 killing of Quincy Smothers.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:56 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
New details released Thursday connect a Biloxi principal and two other women to what the State Auditor’s Office is calling a fraudulent education consulting business.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 11:41 AM CDT
|By Brendan Kirby
A Mobile man has been charged with threatening to kill President Joe Biden.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 7:01 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Micah Angelo Burch, 18, was arrested on a charge of murder in connection to the shooting death of 23-year-old Tyreak Henry Green.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By Jacob Gallant and Bria Bolden
Two pastors and a child’s mother were indicted on charges of child abuse years after it was reported.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Joseph Leo Nangle, 43, was arrested by Ocean Springs police on two charges of aggravated DUI after two New Orleans women died in a wreck on Highway 90 on July 9.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 7:41 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
On Saturday at around 8 a.m., the Criminal Investigations Division and Patrol of Waveland Police Department executed a search warrant in reference to illegal narcotics.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Rep. Thompson says that Bryant "should have known better than to do what he did with this funding meant for families in need.”
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 6:33 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department are seeking assistance in identifying a suspect for an armed robbery that occurred at the Neighborhood Walmart in the St. Martin community of Jackson County.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 9:39 AM CDT
|By Anna Wolfe
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant instructed his wife’s friend to pay NFL legend Brett Favre $1.1 million, according to a new court filing.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 8:26 PM CDT
|By Josh Jackson
Harrison County Supervisor Kent Jones said one long-term solution for violence is gun legislation, but a grassroots approach could have an immediate impact.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
The Gulfport Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the the 2900 block of Martin Luther King JR Boulevard Monday evening.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 1:54 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff and Brendan Hall
A Mississippi teenager has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his half-brother.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 12:58 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
The crime was discovered after the girl became pregnant, according to the Biloxi District Attorney. DNA testing confirmed the baby was Owens’ child.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2022 at 10:32 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Police responded to Keith’s Superstore on Central Avenue and spoke with the clerk, who told officers he was robbed by two men at gunpoint.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects in a Pass Christian shooting that sent one person to the hospital.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 12:29 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Two people are now under arrest in connection with a Gulfport shooting death and armed robbery.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 8:59 AM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
At around 7 p.m., Gautier PD responded to a reported shooting on the 2500 block of Southern Drive.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
Moss Point Police Department has announced the arrest of three juveniles following an incident on Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 10:54 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
A teenager has been arrested after a toddler was shot and killed in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 9:27 PM CDT
|By Jasmine Lotts
Officers are placing signs after drug arrests saying, “This drug house is closed for business.” It’s both a message of reassurance for neighbors and a warning for criminals to watch out.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By WLOX Staff
On Saturday, July 2, around 10:23 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call for emergency assistance in regards to someone being shot in the 300 block of Oak Park Drive.