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PHOTO COURTESY OF QIETA WORLDS
2006 photo of Gary Riley with his daughter, Garian Riley, her mother, Qieta Worlds of Moss Point and World's daughters, Akeyla and Andria. Gary Riley was shot to death in 2006 in 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.

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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 -- 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.
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.
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.
JACKSON COUNTY

Man admits conspiracy in poultry exports to Russia from Pascagoula

GULFPORT -- An Ocean Springs man has admitted conspiring to violate a trade agreement with Russia by authorizing the export of poultry at higher temperatures than required.
JACKSON COUNTY

St. Andrews man accused of stealing laptop, charger

JACKSON COUNTY -- A St. Andrews man was arrested Monday on a grand larceny charge involving a stolen laptop and charger, Sheriff Mike Byrd said.
PASCAGOULA

Pascagoula man to serve 25 years for sex crimes against children

JACKSON COUNTY -- A Pascagoula man pleaded guilty Monday to sexual battery and three charges of molestation, and was ordered to serve 25 years day for day in prison, according to the Jackson County District Attorney's Office.
HARRISON COUNTY

Woman won't stand trial in Gulfport meth-trafficking conspiracy

GULFPORT -- A federal judge in Gulfport has agreed to dismiss the indictment against a California woman accused in a trafficking conspiracy involving more than 100 pounds of meth.