CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning a guilty verdict for a Shreveport man on trial for multiple sex crimes against two underage female victims.

According to the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office, Daniel Scott Havis, 34, was charged with four counts of sexual abuse, including third-degree rape, sexual battery of a person under age 15, sexual battery, and indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Prosecutors called eight witnesses to testify about repeated rape and sexual abuse perpetrated by Havis against the minor daughter of an acquaintance of Havis between January 1, 2020, and May 31, 2022. The victim told a local youth minister, who reported it to police and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. The DCFS invest

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