GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Michael Allan Davis Sr., 30, was arrested yesterday after allegedly taking a cellphone and charger from a man living in a homeless encampment.
At approximately 9 a.m. on November 13, an Alachua County Sheriff’s deputy responded to the Circle K at 4030 SW 13th Street. The alleged victim told the deputy he had been sleeping in his tent behind the convenience store when Davis entered, woke him and demanded his cellphone and wallet. According to the victim, Davis pulled his hair, struck him in the face several times, took the phone from his hand and attempted to grab his wallet.
The victim said he escaped and ran to the convenience store, where he called for help.
The deputy reported that scratches and redness on the victim’s face were consistent with his account of the alleged assault.
Davis reportedly told the deputy that everything in his backpack and on his person belonged to him, with the exception of a cellphone and charging pack.
After being read his Miranda rights, Davis reportedly admitted taking the victim’s cellphone and allegedly refused to give it back. He reportedly said the victim deserved to be robbed and claimed the phone did not belong to him. The cellphone was later reportedly found among Davis’s belongings.
Davis, who was identified as homeless in the arrest report, faces a charge of robbery without a firearm. His Florida criminal record includes five felony convictions, two of them violent, and nine misdemeanor convictions, four of them violent. The report also lists an unspecified criminal history in Georgia and Oklahoma. Judge Julie Johnson ordered Davis held without bail pending a hearing on a State Attorney’s Office motion seeking to keep him detained without bail through trial. If the motion is denied, bail will be determined at that hearing.