Crime

Gulfport man sexually assaulted 10-year-old girl multiple times, police say

Nolan Wallace, 28, of Gulfport, was arrested Wednesday on three counts of sexual battery of a 10-year-old, Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said in a news release.

The victim told authorities Wallace, a resident of Robinson Road, has sexually assaulted her on three different occasions.

Wallace is being held at the Harrison County jail on a total bond of $300,000 set by Justice Court Judge Bruce Ladner.

Sexual battery is punishable up to 20 years in prison.

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

Margaret Baker
Sun Herald
Margaret is an investigative reporter whose search for truth exposed corrupt sheriffs, a police chief and various jailers and led to the first prosecution of a federal hate crime for the murder of a transgendered person. She worked on the Sun Herald’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Hurricane Katrina team. When she pursues a big story, she is relentless.
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