Margaret Baker
Senior Crime, Courts and Investigative Reporter at Sun Herald
Senior staff reporter providing crime and investigative coverage for @SunHerald, a @McClatchyDC member daily newspaper.
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4 days ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker |Lillian Foster |Anita Lee |Mary Perez |Hannah Ruhoff |Martha Sánchez
A voter walks into a polling location at Gaston Hewes Recreation Center in Gulfport on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, for a primary runoff election. Sun Herald A municipal election season that has seen incumbents tossed and national figures flocking to the Mississippi Coast hits the finish line today. Polls opened across the Coast at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m. This story will be updated with results as soon as they begin rolling in once polls close.
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2 weeks ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker
A Harrison County man who identifies himself as a prophet on social media has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder, following the shooting death of a man in Pass Christian, Police Chief Daren Freeman said. Getty Images/Stockphoto A Harrison County man who identifies himself as a prophet on social media has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder, following the shooting death of a man in Pass Christian, Police Chief Daren Freeman said.
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2 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Margaret Baker
South MS man calls himself a prophet. He’s charged with murder, police sayA Harrison County man who identifies himself as a prophet on social media has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder, following the shooting death of a man in Pass Christian, Police Chief Daren Freeman said.
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2 weeks ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker
Gulfport man admits to fatal shooting during FaceTime call with a friend. Detective cites video and witness accounts linking suspect to May 5 shooting. Judge lowers murder suspect's bond after testimony from the suspect's father. A Gulfport man accused in the shooting death of a local barber outside a Coast restaurant admitted his alleged crime to a friend during a Facetime call, according to Gulfport Police Detective Travis Breland.
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2 weeks ago |
sunherald.com | Margaret Baker
A former Mississippi Department of Corrections probation and parole officer in Jackson County pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of extortion under the Hobbs Act. Steven Wood, from Ocean Springs, entered the plea to a bill of information charging him with the crime.
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A Mississippi man and serial domestic violence abuser got a plea deal in kidnapping, assault of girlfriend. He used a metal pry bar: #DomesticViolence #ms #crime https://t.co/JFhic2NMfG
#Mississippi teen died by suicide at a South Mississippi jail. She had a history of in-patient mental health treatment #suicide #teens #ms #jail https://t.co/oMUAveiUeB
The Sun Herald started investigating criminal wrongdoing allegations against the former Homeland Security supervisory agent in Gulfport and #Mississippi officer over a year ago. Now, he's jailed. #crime #ms #fraud https://t.co/ndUVMHRW0Z
