Darrtavious Lewis sentenced to 10 years in prison

A Shreveport man who pleaded guilty in April to leading police on a high-speed chase for almost a dozen miles was sentenced to serve a decade in prison Monday, July 27, 2026, in Caddo District Court. 

Darrtavious Tuvoya Lewis, 22, was sentenced by District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr. The term must be served at hard labor. A pre-sentencing investigation showed that Leis had two prior convictions for crimes of violence and was still on probation at the time of this offense for one of those convictions. Judge Hathaway ordered that the sentences run consecutively.

Lewis pleaded guilty as charged April 16, 2026, in Caddo District Court, just after the first and only witness against him was about to testify.

On April 20, 2025, Shreveport police officers observed a 2019 Dodge Durango with a license plate that returned to a stolen vehicle out of Texas run a red light at Kennedy Drive and Hollywood Avenue. When officers tried to initiate a traffic stop, the driver fled and led several patrol units on a high-speed chase that lasted over 15 minutes, reached speeds in excess of 110 mph and ended on Greenwood Road, almost 12 miles away, when the Durango crashed into the fence of a nearby fire station. The driver fled on foot and was eventually apprehended with the use of a K9 officer.

Throughout the pursuit, the Durango drove into oncoming traffic, forced multiple vehicles off of the road and nearly collided with several cars that were unassociated with the pursuit.

Lewis was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Chase Burgess and Jason Waltman. He was represented by the Caddo Parish Public Defender's office.

The case was docket No. 408229.

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