A Shreveport man was convicted in Caddo District Court Thursday November 7, 2024, of fleeing from Shreveport police and Caddo sheriff’s deputies in March, using his vehicle in a manner that put the public, particularly other drivers on public highways, in mortal danger.
It took the four-man, eight-woman jury in District Judge Donald Hathaway Jr.’s court around 80 minutes to find Ethan Doyle, 33, guilty of aggravated flight from an officer and aggravated obstruction of a highway of commerce, stemming from his actions March 9, 2024, after SPD officers attempted a traffic stop in the 1800 block of North Market Street.
At trial, prosecutors called three witnesses to prove that Doyle fled by car from law enforcement, endangering human life. From North Market Street he fled to Interstate 220 into Bossier Parish, turned back at Benton Road, back over I-220 onto North Market Street in Shreveport. Caddo deputies then picked up the chase on U.S. Highway 71 to state Highway 2 then onto I-49 North. The chase ended just south of the Arkansas state line.
When Doyle returns to Judge Hathaway’s court January 13, 2025, he faces up to five years at hard labor for aggravated flight from an officer and up to 15 years, with or without hard labor, for aggravated obstruction of a highway.
Assistant District Attorneys Stephen Folk-Cruthirds and Jason Waltman prosecuted Doyle. He was defended by Katie Ferguson and Evan McMichael.
The case was docket No. 400743.
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