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MS Coast man jailed without bond amid expanding sex crime investigation

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  • Judge denies bond for Cecil Raymond Dubuisson III; preliminary hearings set Jan 12.
  • Authorities charged him with sexual battery and child exploitation.
  • Sheriff and Ocean Springs police request tips from the public.

A Jackson County Court judge on Friday denied bond for Cecil Raymond “Trey” Dubuisson III, 32, of St. Martin, who is facing multiple sex-crime charges. He will remain jailed until a preliminary hearing.

Dubuisson was first arrested Thursday on one count of sexual battery and three counts of child exploitation. Authorities have since added another child-exploitation charge, and more charges are expected as the investigation continues.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and Ocean Springs Police Department are asking anyone with information or additional allegations involving Dubuisson to contact them.

Cecil Dubuisson III appears in Jackson County Circuit Court on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.
Cecil Dubuisson III appears in Jackson County Circuit Court on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Jackson Ranger jranger@sunherald.com

In the sexual battery case, Dubuisson is accused of forcing a young man to have sex with him. In two of the child exploitation cases, he is accused of soliciting minors for sex; in the others, he allegedly enticed minors to send sexually explicit images.

At the time of his arrest, Dubuisson was out of jail on bond in an unrelated drug case. Records show agents with the South Mississippi Metro Enforcement Team arrested him Oct. 15 after finding less than two grams of cocaine in his wallet.

County Court Judge Mark Watts set preliminary hearings in both cases for Jan. 12.

Anyone with information is asked to call Ocean Springs police at 228-875-2211 or the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department at 228-872-8754.

This story was originally published December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM.

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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