Texas Man Found Guilty of Shreveport Burglary Spree

A Big Sandy, Texas man was found guilty of burglary and weapons charges Friday, October 6, 2023, in Caddo District Court.

A five-woman, seven-man jury returns its guilty verdicts against David Ray Boswell Jr., 42, in District Judge Ramona Emanuel's court after deliberating less than an hour. The trial began Tuesday, October 3.

The jury returns its guilty as-charged verdicts on eight counts of simple burglary and one count of illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, and found Boswell guilty responsively to one count of attempted aggravated burglary.

The evidence showed that on May 4, 2020, Boswell went on a burglary spree, burglarizing two vehicles at Shreve City Car Care and six vehicles on Preston Avenue. Later, he entered the property of a Shreveport Police officer, burglarizing the garage and taking several items. While there, he fired a weapon, as shown by evidence. Fingerprints and multiple samples of blood were collected and were all determined to belong to Boswell.

Boswell will return to Judge Emanuel's court November 16, 2023 for sentencing. For attempted aggravated burglary, he faces at least five and up to 15 years in prison. For the simple burglary he faces up to 12 years in prison, and for the weapons charge he faces up to two years.

Boswell was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Senae Hall and Fernando Grider. He was defended by Royal Alexander and Evan McMichael.

The case was docket No. 375445.