SHREVEPORT, La. — More than a decade after a Dallas man robbed a Shreveport woman and threatened to rape her, a unanimous Caddo Parish jury found him guilty as charged in a retrial that concluded Thursday.
The three-woman, nine-man jury in District Judge Donald E. Hathaway Jr.’s court deliberated about an hour before returning its finding that Joseph Martin Bryant, 50, forced his way into the home of his female victim in late August 2015. The woman lived on Creswell Avenue in the Spring Lake neighborhood, after knocking on the door and offering to perform tree trimming services.
Armed with a knife, he threatened to rape and kill her. But after about 15 to 20 minutes, he left after taking about $120 in cash. The case remained unsolved for approximately one month…