Tre'veon Jackson guilty of armed robbery

A Shreveport man was found guilty of armed robbery in a bench trial in Caddo District Court Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

The case was called for trial the afternoon of Monday, October 13, 2025.  Jury selection was about to begin when defendant Tre'veon Jackson, 23, elected to waive a jury trial and sought a bench trial before District Judge John D. Mosely Jr. 

Judge Mosely heard from six witnesses and reviewed evidence, including DNA, regarding accusations that Jackson robbed a long-haul truck driver at a truck stop on Greenwood Road on August 27, 2021, before returning his guilty verdict.

The driver had been gone for three months, and it was past midnight, so he didn’t wake his wife to come get him. The victim was sitting in the cab of his Freightliner 18-wheeler eating and watching a movie on his iPad when his driver door opened and a man put a handgun to his head and demanded money, his keys and his phone. The victim gave the man those items as well as $650 cash. The robber then fled across Interstate 20.

DNA swabs were taken from several places and items the robber touched. No suspect was developed immediately following the crime. But on July 21, 2022, a Combined DNA Index System -- CODIS -- hit was reported, returning as a suspect Tre'veon Jackson. A DNA search warrant was obtained to secure a DNA sample from Jackson and upon analysis a match was returned to DNA from the driver's door handle of the 18-wheeler.

When Jackson returns to Judge Mosely's court for sentencing December 9, 2025, he faces at least 15 years and up to 99 years in prison at hard labor without probation, parole or suspension of sentence.

Jackson was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Ross Owen and Chase Burgess. He was represented by Richard Woolbert.

The case was docket No. 391312.