It took a Caddo Parish jury only two hours to find a Shreveport man guilty Thursday, November 17, 2016, of drug and fraud charges after a four-day trial.
Jeremy Decardo Lewis, 29, had been charged with monetary instrument abuse by possession of counterfeit U.S. currency and possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, a Schedule One synthetic cannabis derivative. The jury returned guilty verdicts on charges of attempted monetary instrument abuse and guilty of attempted possession with intent to distribute schedule i controlled dangerous substances.
On the attempted monetary instrument abuse charge Lewis faces up to five years at hard labor and a fine of up to $500,000. For attempted possession with intent to distribute he faces up to 15 years at hard labor and a fine of up to $25,000. He faces enhanced multiple-offender sentencing due to a 2005 conviction for armed robbery.
Lewis will return to court later this month to be sentenced.
The presiding judge was Caddo Parish District Judge Ramona Emanuel. Prosecutors were William Gaskins and Jessica Cassidy. Lewis’s defense attorneys were William Stampley and Kurt Goins.