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A Shreveport man convicted last month of groping and fondling a juvenile female at a large family gathering in 2022 was sentenced to a total prison term of 50 years in Caddo District Court Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, SAAM, the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s office will host a live-streamed panel discussion focused on raising awareness, supporting survivors and promoting public prevention efforts.

A Mississippi man who shot and killed a California truck driver here in 2024 after a dispute over social media postings was found guilty as charged of second-degree murder Friday, April 3, 2026 in Caddo District Court.

As you readers know, I have always maintained that reducing truancy is our community’s long term answer to reducing crime. I began my term as your DA in late 2015 and 2016 by bringing together Caddo Parish Schools, Volunteers for Youth Justice (VYJ), and James Elrod, the then-CEO of Willis-Knighton hospitals to, through the generosity of Mr. Elrod, begin a first-of-its-kind truancy program, where truancy case workers were hired and assigned to all elementary schools in Cadd

A Shreveport man charged with sexual offenses against minor victims under the age of 13 pleaded guilty following the start of his jury trial in Caddo District Court this week. Victrick Frazier Johnson, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of molestation of a juvenile under the age of thirteen involving two minor children, the offenses occurring between 2014 and 2019.

"I want to take a moment to warn our community about the growing threat of scam telephone calls and scam text messages,"

A Shreveport man whose criminal past prevents him from possessing a firearm was convicted of that crime Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Caddo District Court. The eight-woman, four-man jury in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway's court deliberated 30 minutes before returning its unanimous guilty-as-charged verdict against Germaine Marquise Jack, 26.

A Shreveport man who forced himself sexually upon a teenaged female family member, and who has a history of such behavior, was found guilty of second degree rape Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

A Shreveport man was found guilty Wednesday, March 18, 2026, of domestic violence crimes, including strangulation of a dating partner, battery of a dating partner with child endangerment and 15 counts of violating protective orders.

A Shreveport man convicted earlier this month of terrorizing an elderly Shreveport woman, beating and robbing her and locking her bound in a closet in her Southern Hills home, may face enhanced sentencing, up to life in prison, as a habitual offender, following a hearing in Caddo District Court Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

A former Caddo Parish man who raped and impregnated a female family member, then was convicted in Caddo District Court late last year, was sentenced Tuesday, March 17, 2026, to life plus 50 years in prison.

Eutravious Houston, 33, who admitted guilt February 26 before Caddo District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr., was ordered Tuesday, March 10, 2026, by Judge Hathaway to serve the sentence without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.

The Caddo Parish District Attorney's office will seek the death penalty against the accused slayer of a Vivian police officer killed late last year, District Attorney James E. Stewart Sr. has announced.

A Caddo Parish jury deliberated almost two hours Wednesday, March 4, 2026, before determining that a Shreveport man terrorized, assaulted and robbed an elderly woman in her Southern Hills home last July.

A Shreveport man who pleaded guilty to a shopping list of crimes in December rather than face trial that would have exposed him to enhanced sentencing must serve more than 13 years in prison, a Caddo judge ruled Tuesday, March 3, 2026.

A Shreveport man who groped and fondled a juvenile female at a large family gathering in 2022 was found guilty in Caddo District Court Tuesday March 3, 2026.

A Shreveport man who pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run driving death and a second DWI offense in December must serve almost a decade in prison, a Caddo District Judge has ruled.

Please support our juvenile partner Volunteers for Youth Justice’s annual fundraiser, Gumbo Gladiators, this Saturday, March 7, in Festival Plaza in Shreveport from 12-4 p.m. It is $2 admission, and you can purchase tickets there to enjoy all kinds of gumbo to your heart’s desire. VYJ does tremendous work in our community and I personally thank them very much for their efforts.

A Shreveport man with a history of sex offenses, convicted in Caddo District Court January 13, 2026, will serve 20 years in prison for failure to register as a sex offender.

Shreveport man arrested after he pointed a weapon at a police drone during a warrant execution in July 2025 pleaded guilty Thursday, February 26, 2026, in Caddo District Court. After a jury was selected and officer testimony began in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.'s court, Eutravious Houston, 33, withdrew his former plea of not guilty and entered of plea of guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.