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Jonathan Wesley Weaver, 27, was arrested Thursday, May 24, 2012, on a charge of aggravated assault in connection with a Jan. 1 shooting of a Moss Point man by Jackson County Sheriff's Department.

South Mississippi mug shots for week of May 21

Sunherald.com publishes a gallery each week of suspects arrested on criminal charges in South Mississippi. These photos are provided by law enforcement agencies in the area.

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South Mississippi mug shots for week of May 21

Sunherald.com publishes a gallery each week of suspects arrested on criminal charges in South Mississippi. These photos are provided by law enforcement agencies in the area.

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OCEAN SPRINGS

Ocean Springs man to serve 45 years for sex crimes against child

PASCAGOULA -- Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson sentenced an Ocean Springs man Friday to 45 years in prison, with 18 years to serve day for day, for sex crimes against a minor.

2 days ago
CRIME

Ocean Springs man sentenced in sex crimes case

PASCAGOULA -- Circuit Court Judge Kathy King Jackson on Friday morning sentenced an Ocean Springs man to serve 18 years in prison day-for-day for sex crimes against a minor.

2 days ago
CRIME

Alabama woman arrested in theft of check

Ala. woman arrested in theft of check

3 days ago
CRIME

Big Point man arrested in Jackson County shooting

JACKSON COUNTY -- Deputies arrested a resident of the Big Point community Wednesday in the shooting of a man in January, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

3 days ago
CRIME

Waveland man gets 16-year sentence in Hancock Bank robbery

GULFPORT -- A Waveland man who used a crowbar to rob a U.S. 90 bank in July will spend more than 16 years in federal prison, along with five years under post-release supervision.

3 days ago
CRIME

Gulfport woman gets 20 years for child abuse

GULFPORT -- A judge sentenced a 26-year-old Gulfport woman to 20 years in prison Thursday for the felony child abuse of her son when he was 13 months old.

3 days ago
CRIME

Waveland man sentenced to prison time in bank robbery

GULFPORT -- A Waveland man Thursday was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison along with five years probation in connection with the July 14 armed robbery of Hancock Bank in Waveland.

3 days ago
CRIME

Judge calls D'Iberville man 'an absolute danger to society'

GULFPORT -- Donald Ray Welch Jr. has been ordered to serve 25 years day for day for kidnapping a D'Iberville woman at gunpoint and sexually assaulting her before he drove to another county and committed similar crimes.

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CRIME

South Mississippi mug shots for week of May 14

Sunherald.com publishes a gallery each week of suspects arrested on criminal charges in South Mississippi. These photos are provided by law enforcement agencies in the area.

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