Announcements
Grand Jury returns baker’s dozen indictments
The Caddo Parish Grand Jury returned 13 true bills in its session that ended Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Six were for murders and associated crimes committed this year, while the remaining seven were for first-degree rapes and associated sex crimes. * Jadavion...
Stasny pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
A Shreveport man charged with vehicular homicide after he caused a multi-vehicle wreck that killed one man and seriously injured several others, including a child, pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court earlier this month. Stephen Scott Stasny, 42, pleaded...
Joshua Palmer must serve life-plus in prison
A Sabine Parish man found guilty in Caddo District Court last month of murdering a romantic rival must spend the rest of his life, and then some, in prison. Joshua Cornell Palmer, a 36-year-old Many resident, was found guilty in District Judge Ramona Emanuel's...
Johnny Thompson found guilty of robbery
A Shreveport man who beat and robbed an acquaintance over a monetary dispute was found guilty of second degree robbery Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Caddo District Court. The eight-woman, four-man jury in District Judge Michael Pitman's court deliberated about 30 minutes...
Caddo DA to try Applebee’s shooter as adult
Caddo Parish District Attorney James E. Stewart will try a 17-year-old Shreveporter for his role in a shooting outside a popular eatery earlier this year. Demariea Jennings, 17, will be charged as an adult on two separate charges of attempted second-degree...