Crime

Police patrol officers assigned to the Cedar Grove neighborhood were instrumental in the recovery of a stolen handgun and the arrest of two others after numerous complaints from citizens and their own observations led them to identify illegal acts at a residence in the 800 block of Huntington Lane.

New Mexico police looking for a fugitive who they believed had fled the state received a tip from Bossier City that helped them make an arrest.

A Shreveport felon convicted in June of illegally possessing a firearm must serve more than a decade in jail and pay a fine, a Caddo Parish judge has ordered.

The Shreveport Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a man dead Monday morning.

Cartavious Cursshuan Pouncy, 21, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced in U.S. District Court Monday, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote sentenced Pouncy to 20 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for illegal possession of a machine gun. Pouncy pleaded guilty to the charge on March 16.

Shreveport police detectives have arrested a man believed responsible for the early May murder of Raymond Behan on Common Street in downtown Shreveport.

On Friday, July 21, at 11:19 a.m., Shreveport police officers responded to a call of a stabbing in the 7500 block of Line Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found that a female victim was suffering from multiple stab wounds all over her body.

Shreveport police have arrested a man wanted in connection to a shooting that happened last month.