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Shreveport man guilty of manslaughter
A Caddo Parish jury found a Shreveport man guilty of manslaughter in a trial that concluded Friday, September 24, 2021. The two-man, ten-woman jury found LeDarron Demarion Carter, 28, guilty in connection with the June 12, 2019 shooting death of Deverous D. Holden,...
McLaughlin convicted of second-degree murder
A Louisiana man was convicted of second-degree murder by a Caddo Parish Jury in a trial that ended late Thursday, September 23, 2021. Brandon Curtis McLaughlin of Houma, 22, was found guilty by the nine-woman, three-man jury in District Judge Chris Victory's...
Female juvenile to face adult charges
Another Caddo Parish juvenile, a female, has had her criminal case transferred to Caddo District Court following a continued custody hearing in Caddo Juvenile Court Friday, September 17, 2021. The hearing found probable cause to charge 17-year-old Maakaya Simone Lee...
Shreveporter convicted of 2018 murder
A Shreveport man who shot and killed his estranged girlfriend's new boyfriend in May 2018 was convicted Friday, September 17, 2021, in Caddo District Court. A six-man, six-woman jury in District Judge Ramona Emanuel's court found Rotrick Deon Ivory, 31, guilty of...
Convicted killer gets 20-year prison sentence
A Shreveport man convicted in Caddo District Court earlier this year of negligent homicide was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a hearing Tuesday, September 14, 2021 determined him to be a habitual offender subject to enhanced sentencing. Austin Wade Boyd, 29,...
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE IS STILL AT WORK
During this national emergency, I want you to know that your District Attorney Office is still at work. I ask that we all follow the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control and the orders of the Governor as we fight to end the spread of Coronavirus and...
COVID-19 Update March 16
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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...