Press Releases
DA Stewart joins leaders opposing human trafficking
Caddo Parish District Attorney James E. Stewart Sr. was among a throng of local law, social services, educational and elected officials pledging to combat human trafficking in a ceremony early Friday, January 17, 2020. Braving blustery cold outside the Caddo Parish...
DeSoto man pleads guilty to kidnapping, other charges
A DeSoto Parish man pleaded guilty to second-degree kidnapping, violating protective orders and improper phone communications, shortly before his trial was to have begun Wednesday, January 15, 2020, in Caddo District Judge Katherine Dorroh's courtroom. Thomas Ray...
Shreveport man sentenced to 40 years for 2017 slaying
A Shreveport man who pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court to manslaughter in September was sentenced Monday, January 6, 2020, to 40 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed by law. After a sentencing hearing, District Judge Craig Marcotte sentenced Darell...
Caddo Grand Jury returns four true bills
The Grand Jury of Caddo Parish returned four indictments Wednesday, December 18, 2019. One indictment charges three people with a homicide that occurred this summer. Jonathan Jermaine Crenshaw, 34, Terence Felix Jr., 29, and Tamala Triciann Ware, 50, all of...
Shreveport man guilty of robbery, aggravated battery
A Shreveport man was found guilty of armed robbery with a firearm and aggravated battery following a bench trial in Caddo District Court Wednesday, December 18, 2019. District Judge Charles Tutt found Dennis Ray Davis Jr., 35, of Shreveport, guilty as charged of armed...
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Shreveporter pleads guilty to manslaughter
A Shreveport man pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court to manslaughter Monday, September 9, 2019, even as jurors were being selected for his second-degree murder trial. When Darell Lamont Bell, 24, returns to District Judge Craig Marcotte's courtroom November 19,...
The First Truckload of Uniforms are Delivered
District Attorney James E. Stewart and Heather Porter Price deliver to Volunteers for Youth Justice the first truckload of “Uniforms for Kids”. District Attorney James E. Stewart thanks the community for the overwhelming response. There is still time for you to drop...
Uniforms for Kid’s Program
DA Stewart and Mark Porter announce on KSLA TV channel 12 “Uniforms for Kids”, a new program where gently used or new uniforms can be donated at any Porters Cleaners location for a free cleaning and distribution to those that need uniforms by the Volunteers for Youth...
DA To Seek Death Penalty Against Accused Facebook Live Killer
Caddo prosecutors said Tuesday they will seek a death sentence for Johnathan Robinson, the Shreveport man accused of tormenting and then killing a girlfriend while she was live streaming on social media. Click here to view the full story, KTBS Channel 3 News.
Caddo Man Who Claims Prosecutors Withheld Evidence is Freed from Angola
Williams was 16 when he was arrested for the Jan. 4, 1998, murder of Jarvis Griffin in the Queensborough neighborhood of Shreveport. He later was convicted and sentenced to death. His death sentence was changed to life without parole in response to a 2002 U.S. Supreme...