WHO IS JERRY CREEL?
BUILDING OFFICIAL • CITY OF BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
FIVE HATS, ONE GUY
Jerry Creel holds an extraordinary concentration of power within Biloxi's municipal structure. He simultaneously serves as:
When a citizen appeals a Building Official decision, they appeal to the Biloxi Board of Adjustment. The Secretary of that Board? Jerry Creel. The person who prepares the case file? Jerry Creel. The person who briefs the Board? Jerry Creel.
This creates a structural conflict of interest where the same individual who makes enforcement decisions also controls the appeals process for those decisions.
THE DOCUMENTS DON'T LIE
Every claim on this website is supported by official documents obtained through public records requests, federal court filings, or sworn testimony. Read the timestamps. Read the signatures. Draw your own conclusions.
JUNE 30, 2025
THE STOP WORK ORDER
DATE: June 30, 2025
SIGNED BY: Jerry Creel, Building Official
PROPERTY: 929 Division Street, Biloxi, MS
On June 30, 2025, Jerry Creel issued a Stop Work Order for property located in the Biloxi Historic District. This began a cascade of enforcement actions that would reveal a troubling pattern.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
Nine days later, criminal charges would be filed. But there's a problem with the timeline—a problem that simple arithmetic can expose.
JULY 9, 2025
THE CRIMINAL SUMMONS
DATE STAMPED: JULY 9, 2025
SIGNED BY: Jerry Creel
CHARGES: Building Code Violations
COMMANDING: Appearance in Municipal Court
On July 9, 2025, Jerry Creel signed a criminal summons. This official document, stamped and filed, charged a property owner with building code violations.
Criminal charges require supporting evidence. In Mississippi, this typically takes the form of an affidavit—a sworn statement by the complaining witness.
THE QUESTION
What evidence supported these July 9 charges?
Where was the sworn affidavit when this summons was signed?
JULY 10, 2025
THE SUPPORTING AFFIDAVITS
DATE NOTARIZED: JULY 10, 2025
SIGNED BY: Jerry Creel
STATING: "I personally observed the following violations..."
On July 10, 2025—one day AFTER the criminal summons was signed—Jerry Creel signed FOUR sworn affidavits claiming to have "personally observed" the violations.
Four separate documents. Four separate sworn statements. All dated one day after the charges they supposedly support.
READ THAT AGAIN
The affidavits claiming personal observation of violations are dated AFTER the summons charging those violations.
THE ARITHMETIC
READ THE DATES. THEN READ THEM AGAIN.
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
"Every person who shall wilfully and corruptly swear, testify or affirm falsely to any material matter... shall be guilty of perjury, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than ten (10) years."
ELEMENTS SATISFIED
Under Oath: The affidavits are sworn documents, notarized on July 10, 2025.
False Statement: The affidavits claim observations that supposedly supported charges filed the day before.
Materiality: The statements were the basis for criminal prosecution.
Willfulness: The timeline contradiction is too obvious to be a mistake.
The timestamps don't lie.
AUGUST 13, 2025
THE ROS LETTER
DATE: August 13, 2025
FROM: Hank Ros, Assistant City Attorney
TO: Property Owner
SUBJECT: Response to Records Request
On August 13, 2025, Assistant City Attorney Hank Ros sent a letter in response to a public records request seeking documentation of the July enforcement actions.
WHAT THE LETTER REVEALS
The letter confirms the City's position on the enforcement actions but raises additional questions about the documentation timeline and the coordination between the Building Department and the City Attorney's office.
This letter would later become an exhibit in federal litigation.
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
WORKPLACE SURVEILLANCE
DATE: November 3, 2025 (Monday)
LOCATION: Private business premises
DOCUMENTED BY: Witness testimony
On November 3, 2025, witnesses observed what appeared to be surveillance activity at a private workplace connected to the property owner who had been targeted by the July enforcement actions.
This incident occurred just four days before a critical Board of Adjustment hearing scheduled for November 7, 2025.
THE PATTERN
When examined alongside other incidents, a pattern emerges: enforcement actions and surveillance appear to escalate in proximity to legal proceedings.
NOVEMBER 7, 2025
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING
DATE: November 7, 2025
PRESIDING: Jerry Creel (as Secretary)
APPEAL OF: Building Official's Decision
BUILDING OFFICIAL: Jerry Creel
THE CONFLICT
On November 7, 2025, Jerry Creel presided as Secretary of the Board of Adjustment over a hearing appealing... Jerry Creel's own decision as Building Official.
During the hearing, Creel's own testimony revealed that he had been "DIRECTED" to issue the Stop Work Order. Not advised. Not recommended. DIRECTED.
WHO DIRECTED HIM?
The chain of command question remains unanswered. If Jerry Creel was directed to issue enforcement actions, who gave the direction? And why?
FEDERAL LITIGATION
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
CASE NUMBERS
Petrini v. City of Biloxi, et al.
Case 1:25-cv-00233-LG-RPM
Petrini v. City of Biloxi, et al.
Case 1:25-cv-00254-LG-RPM
Petrini v. City of Biloxi, et al.
CLAIMS ASSERTED
The federal lawsuits assert claims including:
• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Violations)
• Due Process Violations (Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments)
• Equal Protection Violations
• Monell Liability (Municipal Policy)
• State Law Claims
THE RECORD SPEAKS
Every document referenced on this website is part of the federal court record. The timestamps, signatures, and dates are matters of public record, available through PACER.
TAKE ACTION
DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY
CONTACT THE BILOXI CITY COUNCIL
The City Council has oversight authority over municipal employees. Contact them and demand answers about the July 9/July 10 timeline impossibility.
TEMPLATE LETTER
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