Shreveport Man Gets Maximum Sentence for Domestic Violence

A Shreveport man who pleaded guilty to beating his wife was sentenced to the maximum Caddo District Court.

28 year-old Kaltrai Andrew Dunbar Williams must serve eight years in prison for domestic abuse battery with serious bodily injury. The Judge also ordered that Williams have no contact with the victim and barred him from legally possessing firearms.

Six-foot-eight-inch Williams attacked his wife when she arrived home from work, punching her in the face and breaking several bones, including an orbital bone, nasal bones, a cheekbone and sinuses.

Surprisingly, the victim asked to not prosecute Williams, despite him giving her injuries that required surgery. However, prosecutors moved forward using medical records, photographic and video evidence, and statements from a child eyewitness.

Caddo DA James Stewart had this to say on the challenge of reluctant victims in domestic violence cases:

"In many domestic violence cases, survivors are not in a position to advocate for themselves. When other evidence is available, some cases can go forward, even without the victim’s participation. This was one of those cases, and we are grateful we were able to reach a just outcome."

Williams was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Britney A. Green and Ron Christopher Stamps of the DA's Special Victims Unit. He was defended by Alex Washington III.