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Lawsuit filed in death of Harrison County jail inmate

GULFPORT -- The former wife of an inmate who died after collapsing at the Harrison County jail in 2011 has filed a lawsuit alleging he failed to receive adequate medical care, should not have been incarcerated and should have already been released...

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Dog set afire in George County dies of its injuries

GEORGE COUNTY -- A Lucedale man arrested on a charge of animal cruelty Tuesday is accused of dousing his 5-year-old Chihuahua mix in a flammable liquid and setting it on fire, George County Sheriff Dean Howell said.
BILOXI

Biloxi department store workers accused of embezzling more than $2,000

BILOXI -- Police have arrested two employees of JC Penney on an embezzlement charge alleging they each stole money from the department store over a period of several weeks.
GULFPORT

Former Picayune bank teller gets prison, must repay money stolen

GULFPORT -- Former Picayune bank teller Vonetta Jordan was sentenced Thursday to 17 months in prison for bank fraud and ordered to repay $117,883.25.
CRIME

Judge denies Manning new trial in 1993 slayings

JACKSON -- A judge has denied death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning's request for a new trial in the 1993 slayings of a 90-year-old woman and her 60-year-old daughter in Starkville.
CRIME

Suspect in St. John Parish deputy ambush pleads guilty

EDGARD, La. -- One of the suspects charged in the deadly ambush last August that claimed the lives of two St. John Parish sheriff's deputies and the wounding of two others has pleaded guilty.
PASCAGOULA

Habitual offender in Pascagoula sentenced in assault that left man crippled

PASCAGOULA -- A Jackson County jury on Wednesday convicted Theodosius Maurice Torrey of aggravated assault in the April 1, 2009, beating that left a man confined to wheelchair and unable to communicate, according to the Jackson County District Attorney's Office.
JACKSON COUNTY

St. Martin teen faces drug, harassment charges after pot found in medical call

JACKSON COUNTY -- Dallon Nathaniel Lamey, 19, was arrested on suspicion of drug-dealing after an emergency medical team went to his home and found marijuana in plain view, Sheriff Mike Byrd said.
MOSS POINT

Moss Point police re-open investigation into 2006 double murder

MOSS POINT -- The families of two men found shot to death in 2006 are hoping to find justice for the killings now that Moss Point Police Chief Keith Davis is reopening the investigation.
JACKSON COUNTY

St. Martin teen faces drug, harassment charges after pot found in medical call

JACKSON COUNTY -- An 19-year-old was arrested on suspicion of marijuana distribution after an emergency medical team went to his home and found marijuana in plain view, authorities said.
CRIME

Man sentenced in Biloxi prostitution, immigration case

GULFPORT -- A man arrested in Biloxi in a probe of an online Korean prostitution ring has been sentenced to time served and ordered held for deportation to South Korea.