legal issues

Caddo Parish D.A. releases list of most notable convictions of 2012.

Mental illness is becoming a bigger topic of discussion following the gun control debate.  710 KEEL spoke with Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy about the status of mental healthcare in America, where he says the federal government's role in the system is a detriment to the health of the patients and to those who care for the people who suffer from these diseases...

Cameras in the bathroom. Cameras on his shoes. Church deacon Paul Holmes of Haughton and his wife are being sued by the parents of three teenage girls after it was discovered he had placed cameras in his bathroom to record them during church-related sleepovers at his home.

 

Following the MLK Day holiday closure, things will be busy in Caddo District Court.

A Minden man who jumped into the Red River to evade police capture in 2011 is looking at a lengthy prison sentence. Bobby Charles Byrd was found guilty by a Caddo Parish jury of aggravated flight from an officer, and District Attorney's prosecutors plan to seek multiple offender status...

As former Shreveport aide Rick Seaton attempts to have his rape conviction overturned, a website where he pleads his case to the public and publishes photos from security cameras, court documents and solicits donations has been discovered.

A Vivian woman has pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court to four counts of molesting juveniles. Jacqueline Williams,48, could face a maximum of 10 years in prison on each count.

Among those set to appear: Jacqueline R. & Patrick P. Williams, to enter guilty pleas on child molestation charges; Beverly Arthur, charged in Charles Martin's 2007 death.

A Caddo District Court jury deliberated about two hours this afternoon before finding 38-year-old Everett Wills, Junior, guilty of second-degree murder for the April, 2011, shooting death of Carlos Guster.