A Shreveport man with a felony record prohibited from owning of possessing such a weapon pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court Thursday, December 5, 2024.
Marquise Loyd, 30, changed his previous not guilty plea just before jury selection was set to begin in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.’s court.
On February 11, 2024, police were dispatched to a residence in the 6000 block of Tierra Drive after reports of a person armed with a firearm. Officers made contact with Loyd and searched the perimeter and the residence, where in a back bedroom they found a .22-caliber revolver. Post-Miranda, Loyd admitted the firearm was his.
Loyd’s sentencing is set for January 21, 2025.
Assistant District Attorneys Stephen Folk-Cruthirds and Ashlin Thomas prosecuted the case. Katie Ferguson and Evan McMichael defended Loyd.
The case was docket No. 400207.
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