legal issues

A 32-year-old Mexican national has pled guilty in Tyler federal court to being in the United States unlawfully after having been previously deported.

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A 29-year-old Shreveport man has pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and to carrying a firearm during a crime of drug trafficking. 

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In Caddo District Court, Judge Mike Pitman has "reluctantly" granted a defense motion to continue the first-degree murder trial of Christopher Cope.

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A Shreveport man has been sentenced in an investment scheme. The Caddo Sheriff's Office says 49-year-old Stanley Mangham pled guilty in April to theft of the assets of an aged or disabled person after a Sheriff's Office investigation. An investig

Linda Passaniti has entered a not guilty plea in Caddo District Court to charges of second-degree murder, conpiracy to commit second-degree murder and three counts of forgery. She's charged in connection with the July 2010 shooting death of Ernest Luttrell at his home on Greenwood-Springridge Road

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A Shreveport federal judge has revoked Harold Rosbottom's pre-trial release.

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A Caddo Parish jury deliberated just twenty minutes before returning a pair of guilty verdicts against 49-year-old Ronnie Wayne Yorks.

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On the same day that fallen law enforcement officers are being remembered, the man accused of killing one officer has a court appearance scheduled.

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Louisiana Supreme Court justices have heard oral arguments in the Cabildo's Sala Capitular -- the court's home from 1853 until 1910.

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Construction crews are busy ast work at the old Federal Building in Downtown Shreveport getting it transformed into a Law School for Louisiana College, Pineville. The School President toured the facility again over the weekend

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