South Mississippi's Most Wanted include alleged shooting suspect, armed robbers, sex crime suspect, drug peddlers
A man wanted in a shooting that left two injured and another dead, a suspect in a sex crimes case involving minor victims and other alleged armed robbers, car thieves, burglars, embezzlers, drug peddlers and convicted sex offenders top the latest list of South Mississippi's most-wanted criminal suspects.
Since the Sun Herald began its most-wanted series in 2007, more than 120 suspects have been taken into custody.
South Mississippi law enforcement agencies say the series has spurred tips that often lead to arrests.
Tipsters can remain anonymous and are eligible for Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers awards of up to $1,000.
The latest most-wanted list includes Dijon "Black" Joshuary Johnson, a suspect in a September shooting at the Fusion H2O car wash, a popular downtown business on Jefferson Street in Moss Point, that sent two people to the hospital with gunshot wounds and left another man dead. Johnson is wanted on an aggravated assault charge in the shooting that police believe started as a fight over a "Facebook beef."
Biloxi and Moss Point police are also hunting armed robbery suspects in unrelated cases.
Moss Point police are searching for Khalil Bryant, a 18-year-old accused in a June 18 armed robbery at the Mississippi 63 Pizza Hut, while Biloxi police are looking for Amanda N. Dillon, a 23-year-old wanted on two counts of a robbery at gunpoint of two people on Stennis Drive in September.
Hancock County sheriff's deputies are searching for Albert Joseph Laneaux II, a 27-year-old man accused of several sex crimes charges, including two counts of molestation of a two minors, age 15 and 10.
In D'Iberville, police are looking for three suspects, including Ronald Douglas Howard and Lesia Ann Huxley, both 50, and accused of embezzling more than $30,000 that was supposed to be used to buy equipment. A third suspect, Lonora Hoda, 58, is wanted for allegedly embezzling more than $7,000 from a former employer there.
Harrison County sheriff's narcotics agents are searching for five suspects, including Donald James Benge, 63, and Kathleen G. Kendrick, 51, both accused in unrelated cases of selling the prescription painkiller hydrocodone on three occasions in 2014.
And in Jackson County, sheriff's deputies are hoping to round up three suspects, including convicted sex offenders Carlton Lee Miles, 47, and Adam M. Kisner, 44. Both men are wanted for violating registration requirements for sex offenders.
In Pascagoula, police are looking for five people accused of stealing vehicles at different times between July 2010 and August 2014.
And in Pass Christian, police are searching for Michael Robert Burns, a felon with a history of violent crime convictions, on a commercial burglary charge. He's accused of breaking into a construction site and stealing various equipment.
Authorities are asking anyone with tips to call their local enforcement agency or Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-877-787-5898, or text CSTIP plus your message to 274637.
This story was originally published November 14, 2015 at 9:35 PM with the headline "South Mississippi's Most Wanted include alleged shooting suspect, armed robbers, sex crime suspect, drug peddlers ."