Wed Jul 28

Jury duty scam reappearsThe jury duty scam is back and citizens are being warned to beware. Several citizens have reported recently that they have been targeted by phone and threatened with arrest for failing to comply with jury service. To avoid jail, recipients are asked to purchase ...

Tue Jul 27

Desoto Parish woman arrested for distributing fentanyl and meth An investigation involving local law enforcement agencies has resulted in the largest fentanyl seizure in Caddo Parish or the surrounding area, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator. Four pounds of fentanyl in powder and pill form and other drugs were confiscated on Friday, Jul...

Tue Jul 27

Funeral services for Deputy Thacker scheduledA memorial service for Caddo Sheriff’s Auxiliary Deputy Lonnie L. Thacker, Sr., will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 31, at Calvary Baptist Church, 9333 Linwood Avenue. A memorial reception will follow at 6:30 p.m. at the Moose Lodge of Shreveport, 9113 Industr...

Fri Jul 23

CPSO deputy dies in crashA Caddo Parish Sheriff's auxiliary deputy died today in a tragic crash on Interstate 49, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator. At approximately 11:56 a.m., Auxiliary Deputy Lonnie Thacker was assisting with traffic control from an earlier accident on I-49 North between Hwy...

Wed Jul 14

Shreveport man faces more criminal charges following apartment searchA kilo of meth was recovered from a southeast Shreveport apartment during a DEA Task Force investigation, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator. This was the second arrest at this location in the past few months. On Tuesday, July 13, members of the Task Force and the Caddo Pari...

Fri Jul 9

Shreveport woman arrested for selling fake diplomas and transcriptsA Caddo Parish Sheriff’s detective arrested a Shreveport woman following a forgery investigation, said Sheriff Steve Prator. In September of 2019, the Caddo-Shreveport Financial Crimes Task Force received a report from Caddo Parish Schools that individuals were purc...

Fri Jul 9

Three arrested in drug investigationAn investigation by the Caddo Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest and termination of a corrections deputy, said Sheriff Steve Prator. Ashton Brown, 23, of Shreveport, was arrested this morning and charged with distribution of schedule I, entering contraband ...

Tue Jul 6

Toddler recovering from burns, adults arrested on drug and other chargesCaddo deputies were called to a Mooringsport apartment over the weekend after the interior caught fire and a child was burned, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator. Deputies along with Caddo Fire District No. 7 and North Caddo EMS responded to 306 Greenwood Street at 5:23 a.m....