Monolo Baker found guilty of firearms charges

A Shreveport man was found guilty of possessing a stolen firearm and possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number in Caddo District Court Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

The two-man, four-woman jury in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.'s court deliberated just over a half hour before returning its guilty verdicts against Monolo Anton Baker, 47.

On May 2nd, 2025, Shreveport police received a concerned-citizen call about an armed person waving a firearm in the intersection of Amelia and Jewella avenues. An officer observed a man fitting the description given by the caller cutting though the parking lot of a local business. Police stopped the man, Baker, and upon being searched he was found to possess three firearms. One of the weapons was determined to be stolen and a second was found to have an obliterated serial number.

When Baker returns to court May 29, 2026, he faces prison terms of one to five years for each charge. 

Assistant District Attorneys Michael Anderson and Jason Waltman prosecuted the case. Baker was represented by the Caddo Parish Public Defender’s office.

The case was docket No. 408429.