Shreveport Man Found Guilty of Armed Robbery
A Shreveport man accused of robbing a gas station cashier at gunpoint on Christmas Eve 2019 was found guilty of first-degree robbery Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in Caddo District Court.
The six-man, six-woman jury unanimously convicted Jerol Leo Ewell, 24, of the robbery of the Shell Station on North Market Street. His trial commenced Monday, July 11, 2022.
Cashier Sadi Awawdah was working at the Shell station on N. Market St. when a masked man entered around 9:25 p.m., held a gun to his head and demanded money and the victim’s cell phone. After the robber left, Awawdah called police, who tracked his stolen iPhone to a nearby field, where a ski mask was found by a police K9. The mask was analyzed at the North Louisiana Criminalistics Lab and the DNA was found to match Ewell.
Ewell will return to court Wednesday, August 17, 2022, for sentencing. He faces a sentence of at least three and up to 40 years in prison at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence.
Officers Killed in the Line of Duty in Northwest Louisiana
Sadly there have been hundreds of Officers killed in Louisiana. Even more shocking, a lot of officers have perished in our region. More than 20 officers have been killed in the in the Shreveport area alone. The Officer Down Memorial Page tracks all of the officer deaths across the nation. Here's a list of all officers who died in the line of duty in Northwest Louisiana.