Three men from the Shreveport-Bossier area have been sentenced in federal court on firearms and drug trafficking charges in three separate cases investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and local police, U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Keller announced on November 5. Marvaeya M. Anderson, 30, of Shreveport, received 180 months — 15 years — in federal prison. Kentravious C. Kennedy, 20, of Shreveport, received 46 months, and Jayden Jamond Smith, 20, of Bossier City, received 20 months.

Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Louisiana

A chase across Interstate 20

Anderson was sentenced on October 29, 2026, by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, after pleading guilty on July 20, 2026, to possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The case began on October 12, 2025, when a Shreveport Police Department patrol officer tried to stop a black Dodge Challenger. The car sped away, leading officers on a high-speed pursuit through a residential area before it crashed.

Anderson, who was a passenger, ran from the wreck on foot — across a field, over a fence and across all lanes of Interstate 20 — before officers captured him. A search of the vehicle turned up a plastic grocery bag holding about 196 grams of methamphetamine and 20.9 grams of crack cocaine, along with a digital scale, a handgun and two cell phones. According to the Justice Department, Anderson admitted the narcotics were for his personal use. As a previously convicted felon, he was barred by federal law from possessing a firearm at all.

A rifle with a 60-round magazine, found after a shooting call

Kennedy was sentenced on October 26, 2026, to 46 months in prison plus three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon; he had pleaded guilty on May 20, 2026. On November 2, 2025, Shreveport police responded to a shooting at a local intersection and identified Kennedy as a suspect. With consent, officers searched his mother's residence and found a DPMS Panther Arms A15 rifle, an ISSC M22 pistol, multiple loaded magazines and ammunition — the rifle fitted with a 60-round magazine. Photographs on Kennedy's social media showed him posing with firearms matching the ones seized, and he admitted he had a prior felony conviction.

A Glock 'switch' fired into the woods between houses

Smith was sentenced on October 26, 2026, to 20 months in prison plus three years of supervised release for illegal possession of a machinegun; he pleaded guilty on June 30, 2026. On February 8, 2025, Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded to reports of machinegun fire. Camera footage captured the sound of automatic gunfire, and video from a nearby business identified an orange Dodge Charger leaving the area. A partial license plate led deputies to a local high school student, who admitted picking up Smith that day: Smith had a Glock handgun fitted with a machinegun conversion device — a 'switch' — and wanted to fire it. The two drove around, stopped, and Smith fired several automatic rounds into wooded areas between houses. With consent, deputies examined the student's phone and found video of Smith firing the pistol in automatic mode, along with text messages about the weapon's performance.

The Anderson and Kennedy cases were investigated by the ATF and the Shreveport Police Department; the Smith case by the ATF and the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Allison C. Foster prosecuted the Anderson case, assisted by paralegal Emily Favrot, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Moody prosecuted the Kennedy and Smith cases, assisted in the Kennedy case by legal assistant Amanda Morgan. The case numbers are 26-00033 (Anderson), 5:26-cr-00041-01 (Kennedy) and 5:26-cr-00185-01 (Smith), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

The sentencings were also reported locally by the Shreveport-Bossier Journal on November 5. All three men will serve terms of supervised release after their prison time — four years for Anderson and three years each for Kennedy and Smith — during which a violation can send them back to prison.

Source: Shreveport-Bossier Journal

The cases show how quickly everyday local calls in northwest Louisiana — a traffic stop, a shooting report, a shots-fired complaint — can become federal prosecutions. The Anderson chase also crossed Interstate 20, the east-west freight artery through Shreveport and Bossier City used daily by long-haul truckers, including Punjabi drivers crossing Louisiana between Texas and the Southeast: a foot chase across all of its lanes is exactly the kind of sudden hazard that makes I-20 one of the more demanding stretches of the southern corridor.