Shreveport Man Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Juvenile

Caddo Sheriff's detectives have arrested a Shreveport man for the sexual assault of a juvenile and improper behavior with another underage person.

On February 29, Detective Christopher Ardoin arrested Dustin Metcalf, 30, after allegations against him were reported to the Sheriff’s Office. A  forensic interview was conducted with the first victim after which Metcalf was charged with first-degree rape.

Further investigation identified a second juvenile victim. Metcalf was charged with indecent behavior with a juvenile in that case.

He was booked into Caddo Correctional Center.

First-degree rape is described as rape committed upon a person where the anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse is deemed to be without lawful consent of the victim because it is committed under any one or more of the following circumstances:

(1) When the victim resists the act to the utmost, but whose resistance is overcome by force.

(2) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act by threats of great and immediate bodily harm, accompanied by apparent power of execution.

(3) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act because the offender is armed with a dangerous weapon.

(4) When the victim is under the age of thirteen years. Lack of knowledge of the victim's age shall not be a defense.

(5) When two or more offenders participated in the act.

(6) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act because the victim suffers from a physical or mental infirmity preventing such resistance.

If convicted, he could face up to life imprisonment at hard labor without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. The suspect is innocent until proven guilty.