Press Releases
Shooting Suspect’s Prior Arrest, Conviction
March 27, 2023 A man arrested by Shreveport police in connection with a mass shooting in downtown Shreveport early Saturday, March 25, 2023, has a prior misdemeanor conviction in Caddo District Court. But nothing in his case suggested he would commit a crime...
Pearson to Spend Life in Prison for Star’s Murder
March 27, 2023 A man convicted earlier this month of killing a Shreveport high school basketball star last year must serve the rest of his life in prison, Caddo District Judge Chris Victory has ruled. Judge Victory sentenced Shreveporter Shamichael Antonio...
Shreveport Man Convicted of Felony DWI
March 24, 2023 A Shreveport man was convicted Friday, March 24, 2023, of fourth-offense DWI and faces decades in prison. A six-person jury in Caddo District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.'s court unanimously convicted Cleveland Earl Richardson Jr., 59, after an hour's...
Ruffins Guilty of Impersonating Officer
March 24, 2023 A Shreveport man who pretended to be a police officer and terrorized a local woman was found guilty Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Caddo District Court. Reginald Jamar Ruffins, 36, was charged with false personation of a peace officer, unauthorized entry...
Shreveporter Faces Life Terms After Sex Convictions
A Shreveport man accused of sex crimes against two family members over a span of two decades faces life in prison following his conviction in Caddo District Court Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Rustin Randall Middleton, 36, was found guilty as charged of four...
Smith to Serve 100 Years for Mya Patel Death
A man convicted in January for causing the death of a 5-year-old girl playing in a room of the motel her parents owned must serve a century in prison, a Caddo Parish Judge has ordered. District Judge John D. Mosely Jr. sentenced Shreveporter Joseph Lee Smith, 35, to...
Winbush pleads guilty to manslaughter
A Shreveport man charged with participation in a 2020 murder and robbery pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court to manslaughter and robbery Monday, March 20, 2023, and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Javonpe Deandre Winbush, 18, allocuted before District Judge...
Rapper Hurricane Chris’s murder trial begins
Jurors have been chosen for the second-degree murder trial of Christopher Jerron Dooley, 32, known professionally by his rapper name Hurricane Chris. The trial began Monday, March 6, 2023, in District Judge John D. Mosely Jr.'s court with voir dire of jurors....
Jurors chosen in Pearson murder trial
Jurors have been chosen for a murder trial of a man accused of a slaying in Queensborough just over a year ago. Jury selection began Monday, March 6, 2023 in District Judge Chris Victory's court for the trial of Shamichael Antonio Pearson, 19, of Shreveport. The jury,...
Ramon Grant guilty of drug, gun crimes
A Shreveport man who recklessly fled from a Caddo deputy while armed and carrying drugs was convicted in Caddo District Court Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Ramon Grant, 37, was convicted unanimously of three felony charges by an eight woman, four-man jury in District Judge...