Welton Guidry found guilty of attempted rape

It took a Caddo Parish jury under four hours to determine that a man forced himself upon an unwilling female acquaintance in an attempt at sex, in a trial help Friday, December 5, 2025. 

The six-woman, six-man jury in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.'s court returned its responsive unanimous guilty verdict on Welton J. Guidry, 35, on the charge of attempted third-degree rape. The trial began Wednesday, December 3, with jury selection.

On January 8, 2025, the female victim came to the front desk at the Shreveport Police Department to report that she was raped by Guidry, her intimate partner. After telling officers what happened, she was taken Ochsner LSU Health hospital for further treatment.

Sex Crimes detectives responded to Ochsner to interview the victim and learned that Guidry and the victim were at the Royal Inn motel in the 1900 block of North Market Street when Guidry asked the victim to have sex and, when denied, forced himself on her.

The victim was able to push Guidry off, but he ultimately pinned her legs down and continued sexual intercourse. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners used a Physical Evidence Recovery Kit and obtained DNA from the victim that was tested by the North Louisiana Crime Lab and confirmed as Guidry's DNA.

Six witnesses, including the victim, testified. When Guidry returns to court for sentencing December 16, 2025, he faces up to 12 and a half years in prison at hard labor without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence and must register as a sex offender upon release.

Assistant District Attorneys Chase Burgess and Jason Waltman prosecuted Guidry, who was represented by the Caddo Parish Indigent Defender's office. 

The case was Docket No. 406278.

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