Tre’veon Jackson Appears in Federal Court; Remains Behind Bars on $4 Million in Bonds
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Louisiana
Escaped Caddo Correctional Center inmate Tre’veon Jackson, 24, appeared in federal court Tuesday and will remain in federal custody. Jackson faces a federal carjacking charge in connection with his escape from Caddo Parish deputy custody on Sept. 14 — when he allegedly violently assaulted a hotel worker at the Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City and stole his vehicle before leading police on a high-speed chase. Combined bonds across Jackson’s pending cases total more than $4 million. He is currently being held at the Bossier Maximum Security Jail in Plain Dealing. His federal arraignment is set for October. Jackson is also pending sentencing in Caddo District Court as a habitual offender following a 2025 armed robbery conviction and faces two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in separate open cases.
CPSO Rewrites Inmate Transport Policy Following Jackson Escape
Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office
Documents obtained from the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office reveal the agency has rewritten its inmate transport policy following an internal affairs investigation into Tre’veon Jackson’s Sept. 14 escape. The investigation found Jackson’s restraints were not properly verified, required searches were not completed, and deputies lost visual control of him at the transport site outside Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. The new policy requires two deputies for all transport of inmates classified as escape risks. The CPSO has not publicly released the name of the transporting deputy. The reforms follow Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr.’s public statement on Sept. 22 accepting full responsibility for the security failures.
Final Reminder: Louisiana Voter Registration Deadline Is Sunday, October 4
Louisiana Secretary of State
Sunday, October 4 is the last day to register to vote in Louisiana’s November 3 general election — just four days away. Caddo and Bossier parish voters will decide the Shreveport mayor’s race, school board seats, judgeships, and the Caddo Parish $60 million sports complex bond proposition. Register online at GeauxVote.com, in person at the Caddo Parish Registrar of Voters at 525 Marshall St. in Shreveport, or at any Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles location before Sunday’s deadline.
Shreve Memorial Library Kicks Off One Book One Parish October with Author Talks, Lectures
Shreve Memorial Library
Shreve Memorial Library launches its 2026 One Book One Parish campaign Thursday, with patron-selected Yellow September: A Louisiana Love Story of Pestilence and Perseverance by Shannon Terry Wiley as this year’s title. The debut novel chronicles Shreveport’s devastating September 1873 yellow fever outbreak, which killed more than a thousand people, weaving fictional storylines with real history. Events run throughout October and are free with no registration required. Author Shannon Terry Wiley will speak Thursday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. at the North Shreveport Branch, 4844 North Market St.; Oct. 8 at noon at Hollywood/Union Avenue Branch; Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. at West Shreveport Branch; and Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. at Cedar Grove-Line Avenue Branch. Guest lectures: Dr. Gary Joiner speaks Monday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. at Broadmoor Branch, 1212 Captain Shreve Drive; Dr. Cheryl White speaks Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at Hamilton/South Caddo Branch, 2111 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop. Book club discussions run Oct. 13-30 at branches across Caddo Parish. Copies are available at any branch. More at shreve-lib.org.
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