Jumarco Daniel to serve 20 years in prison

Ju'Marco Turmane Daniel, a Shreveport man who pleaded guilty to weapons charges in Caddo District Court last month, was sentenced Thursday, August 27, 2026, to serve a total of 20 years in prison at hard labor. 

District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr., before whom Daniel, 31, pleaded July 22, sentenced him to varying terms for four charges.

For each of two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, he was ordered to serve 10 years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence, those terms to be served concurrently.

For a third count, unlawful handling of a machine gun, he was ordered to serve five years at hard labor. The final count, aggravated flight from an officer, also merited a five-year hard-labor term. The last two counts are to be served consecutive to the first two counts and to each other.  

The facts would have shown at trial that on December 13, 2024, an officer with the Shreveport Police Department attempted to make a traffic stop on a 2023 white Nissan Altima near the intersection of Mansfield and Valley View roads. The vehicle, being driven by Daniel, fled from the officer, exceeding 63 mph through residential neighborhoods, running multiple stop signs and against oncoming traffic.

After reaching a dead end, Daniel abandoned the car and fled on foot and was chased by the officer until he was caught and arrested in a nearby canal. Nearby were two Glock handguns and his cellphone. One of Glocks was modified to be an illegal machine gun. Daniel had prior convictions making it illegal for him to have the guns. 

The court also considered a previous domestic violence conviction involving a pregnant victim in its sentencing.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Chase E. Burgess. The Caddo Public Defender’s office represented Daniel.

The case was docket No. 405729.

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