Crime

The driver of the truck involved in a fatal high-speed chase through downtown Shreveport is out of the hospital and behind bars.

A California man convicted in January of molestation of a juvenile female relative almost four years ago was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison in Caddo District Court Tuesday.

A Greenwood man was arrested by Caddo sheriff’s deputies last Friday, March 6, for making threats that temporarily closed down several local banks, said Sheriff Steve Prator.

A would-be bank robber came away emptyhanded when he tried to rob a southeast Shreveport bank last week.

A Shreveport man facing trial in Caddo District Court this week on a home invasion charge pleaded guilty Monday before his trial could commence.

Agents with the Bossier Sheriff/Police Combined Narcotics/Vice Task Force, as part of the Northwest Louisiana Human Trafficking Task Force, assisted by FBI, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Greenwood Police Department, conducted a human trafficking sting last Friday night that resulted in the arrests of six people.

Shreveport Police Investigators have a man jailed in connection with the sexual assault of