Tresmone Kennedy guilty of drug crime

A Bossier City man on probation for domestic abuse battery with serious body injury was convicted in Caddo District Court Tuesday, January 13, 2026, of cocaine possession. 

Tresmone Devoue Kennedy, 35, was found responsively guilty of simple possession of a schedule II narcotic by the six-woman jury in District Judge Erin Leigh Waddell-Garrett's court after deliberations that took less than an hour. 

Through testimony from arresting officers, investigators and physical evidence, jurors learned that on March 31, 2023, Kennedy was stopped for a traffic violation in the 1600 Block of Centenary Boulevard and was found to be in possession of a digital scale, packaging materials and just over 5.2 grams of cocaine. He also admitted to possessing and ingesting cocaine, a Schedule II CDS.

When Kennedy returns for sentencing on March 19, 2026, he faces a prison term of from one to five years in prison with or without hard labor. 

He was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Briana C. Spivey, Erica Jefferson and Jasmine Cooper. He was defended by Lauren Anderson. 

The case was docket No. 394964.