Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Stone County, Mississippi, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stone County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Stone County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Stone County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stone County
The Stone County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stone County. It reported 472 arrests for 2025.
One city in Stone County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Wiggins, 4,350 residents: 148 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Stone County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Stone County Sheriff's Office: 472 for 2025, 647 for 2024, 445 for 2023, 369 for 2022, 432 for 2021 and 324 for 2020.
- Wiggins: 148 for 2025, 305 for 2024, 246 for 2023, 277 for 2022, 211 for 2021 and 576 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 620 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 620 in 2025 against 952 in 2024, down 35 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 330 arrests, against 406 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stone County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stone County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 430 people, down from about 430 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 436 beds, and it ran at 98 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Stone County Sheriff's Office at stonecountyms.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Stone County | Mississippi), phone (601) 928-3191, 1420 Industrial Park Road Wiggins, MS 39577, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Stone County
For Stone County the place to look is the case index of the Stone County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at stonecountyms.gov/courts, phone 601-928-5266).
Mississippi does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Stone County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
- An arrest by the Stone County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (601) 928-3191.
- An arrest in Wiggins: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Stone County Circuit Court, through the court records page at stonecountyms.gov/courts, phone 601-928-5266.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Stone County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Wiggins, the one city in Stone County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Stone County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stone County each year?
The Stone County Sheriff's Office reported 472 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 620 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stone County?
Ask the Stone County Sheriff's Office at (601) 928-3191; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at stonecountyms.gov/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Stone County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stone County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stone County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Stone County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Stone County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stone County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow.
Is this the official Stone County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.