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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi deputy who was caught on video shoving an inmate in a transportation van has been fired. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson announced the results of an internal investigation Thursday. He declined to identify the deputy or inmate involved. The sheriff tells news outlets that the bystander’s video shows deputies […]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a 29-year-old woman whose burned body was found in a river. News outlets report 20-year-old Devin Deshawn Gregory entered his plea Wednesday, and is expected to testify against a suspect charged with first-degree murder in the 2015 death […]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – The drive-thru lane of a Sonic Drive-In is no place to fall asleep, particularly if drugs are in plain sight inside your car. Police in Gulfport, Mississippi say officers found 24-year-old Robert Ashton Kerns fast asleep in the passenger seat of his still-running car. The Sun Herald of Biloxi reported Thursday […]
GULPORT, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi coroner says he’s “colorblind” when it comes to spending public money at funeral homes, but attorneys for six black-owned funeral homes say two white-owned companies receive a disproportionate share. The Sun Herald reports Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove testified Wednesday in the black-owned funeral homes’ discrimination lawsuit against the […]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A man whose guns were seized when he was committed to a Mississippi mental hospital asked for his guns back nine months later, saying doctors had cleared him of any mental issues. So Pascagoula police, backed by a court order, handed over his AK-47 assault rifle and Glock pistol. Now Steven […]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi fast-food restaurant says people smoking marijuana in its drive-thru will not be served after a patron blew smoke in an employee’s face. The Sun Herald of Biloxi reported Friday that a sign in the window of a Sonic in Gulfport says “If you are smoking weed in the drive […]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi man who calls himself Father Jesus has been arrested for disturbing the peace after allegedly pointing a weapon at a woman. Gulfport Police say Jesus was arrested Sunday after a woman said the 42-year-old pointed a weapon at her. Authorities say officers made contact with Jesus at a Gulfport […]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi judge has sentenced a Georgia woman to 25 years in prison for stabbing her 3-year-old son. The Sun Herald reports 28-year-old Nomatter Gava-Hudson of Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced Friday in Gulfport, Mississippi. She pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the October 2015 attack. Gava-Hudson told Judge Roger Clark that […]