Jackson, MS – On September 18, 2026, Titan Xavier Steve, 22, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a DUI crash that killed a grandmother and seriously injured her grandson.
According to court documents, on December 8, 2025, Steve caused a head-on collision in the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Reservation. It was later determined that Steve was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in February of 2026.
U.S. Attorney Baxter Kruger of the Southern District of Mississippi, and Robert Eikhoff, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Office, made the announcement.
Steve is scheduled to be sentenced in January of 2027 and faces up to eighteen years in prison. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The Choctaw Police Department and the FBI investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin J. Payne, Brian K. Burns and Special Assistant United States Attorney Kalleigh McCoy prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Southern District of Mississippi — U.S. Department of Justice press release.