Crime

Local authorities have arrested and terminated a corrections officer on alleged ‘criminal charges related to his employment’ at the Bossier Parish Correctional Facility.

Three Greenwood Police officers were possibly exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop, falling ill a short time after.

A teacher at Airline High School has been arrested following an investigation into allegations of indecent behavior in the presence of juveniles.

The Shreveport Police Department is actively searching for two women wanted in connection with a disturbing case of financial exploitation involving an elderly stroke victim. Following a thorough investigation, detectives have obtained warrants for Brittany Lopez and Jennifer Hutson for access device fraud after they were found to have stolen money from an elderly woman who was incapacitated due to a severe stroke. Relatives of the victim contacted SPD after noticing suspicious withdrawals from the woman’s bank accounts while she was in a nursing home recovering from her stroke. Detectives launched an investigation and were able to determine that Lopez and Hutson were responsible for accessing the victim’s finances without authorization. Investigators discovered that both women had been neighbors to the victim prior to her medical emergency.

On April 10, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Shreveport Police officers were dispatched to the 3500 block of Milan Street at the Villa de Lago Apartments following a report of two young children found unattended and locked on a second-floor balcony.

The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of sex crimes involving juveniles.

A man from Blanchard has been arrested for allegedly distributing child pornography, according to Sheriff Henry Whitehorn, Sr.

The Shreveport Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Shannon Gilliam, a man with a violent history of domestic abuse who is now wanted for yet another brutal attack.