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PASCAGOULA

Pascagoula man to serve 25 years for sex crimes against children

JACKSON COUNTY -- A Pascagoula man Monday pleaded guilty to three charges of touching of a child for lustful purposes and one charge of sexual battery, resulting in him being ordered to serve 25 years day-for-day in prison, according to the Jackson County District Attorney's Office.

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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.

JACKSON COUNTY

CRIME BRIEFS FOR MAY 21

Vancleave woman accusedof beating vehicle with bat

CRIME

Saucier man hit in head with shovel during burglary of home

HARRISON COUNTY -- Sheriff's investigators filed an armed robbery charge Monday against three men and a woman allegedly involved in a burglary Saturday at a Saucier home, where the resident was hit in the head several times with a shovel.

CRIME

Biloxi bank robbery suspect nabbed after four-bank spree

BILOXI -- A Wiggins man suspected of robbing a Biloxi bank on May 10 has been taken into custody in Texas, where he is accused of robbing three other banks.

CRIME

Harrison County deputies start seat-belt safety blitz

HARRISON COUNTY -- The Harrison County Sheriff's Office has started its seat-belt safety enforcement as part of Click It or Ticket in advance of the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

JACKSON COUNTY

Vancleave woman accused of destroying vehicle with baseball bat

JACKSON COUNTY -- A Vancleave woman is held with no bond on a malicious mischief charge alleging she destroyed another woman's vehicle by beating it with a baseball bat.

HARRISON COUNTY

South Mississippi ceremony in Biloxi remembers 32 fallen officers

BILOXI -- Law enforcement officers from across the Coast placed red roses on 32 white crosses during a roll call Sunday in memory of the region's officers who have died in the line of duty.