Ex-State Sen. Philip Moran and embattled son arrested, charged with bribery
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- Philip Moran and son Alan Moran indicted for bribing a witness in stalking case
- The Morans allegedly offered $20,000 via intermediaries to silence accuser
- Bribery probe follows Alan Moran’s convictions for child exploitation offenses
Former state senator Philip Moran and his son Alan have each been arrested and charged with orchestrating a scheme to cover up a crime.
A grand jury indicted Philip Moran, 64, and Alan Moran, 37, each on one count of bribery of a witness and one count of conspiracy.
The arrests come six months after police arrested two teens for bribing a witness in a stalking case against Alan Moran, a former Diamondhead councilman. The teens were acting at the direction of the Morans, police say.
Waveland police worked with FBI agents to identify the Morans as being involved in an offer to pay $20,000 to a teen employee at Lowe’s to drop his stalking case against Alan Moran.
The Morans allegedly recruited the teens, identified as Jeremy Cole Billings of Diamondhead, and Ian Schexnayder, of Pearlington, to offer the money to the teen Moran had been stalking.
The arrests come one week before Alan Moran’s June 6 scheduled release from the Hancock County jail. Alan Moran has been serving a sentence for violating his probation in another case as a result of his stalking arrest.
That case is related to his misdemeanor conviction of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for buying beer for a teen on Valentine’s Day in 2022. In the same case, he was convicted of child exploitation for enticing a teen to come to him for sex.
Attorney Donald Rafferty, who is representing Alan Moran, said Friday that his client is innocent and “looks forward to our day in court.” Attorney H. H. Tracy Klein in Hattiesburg is representing Philip Moran.
Philip Moran’s total bond on the charges is $35,000.
This story was originally published May 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM.
