Dallas Davis case going to Grand Jury

Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter

Last week District Attorney Colin Johnson sent an affidavit to this reporter detailing a warrant for 26-year-old Dallas Davis’s arrest in Shelby County.

The affidavit claimed that on Nov. 7 a man came to Crump Station of the Memphis Police Department and reported an aggravated assault which occurred Nov. 3 in a rear lot, west of 1558 Union Avenue.

The man stated he was approached and chased from 1558 Union by an individual known to him as Davis and two other unknown individuals, who all worked as valets for a nearby club.

The man stated he was caught, punched, choked and kicked by the individuals and that during the assault Davis hit him in the left eye with a black handgun while the other two individuals took his property from his pockets.

The man stated that he suffered severe injuries to his left eye and lost the function of his left eye for an extended amount of time. The man advised he was transported to Regional One for his injuries and stated he was in fear for his safety and wanted to prosecute.

On Nov. 11, the man came back to Crump Station and gave a recorded video statement describing these facts to be true. Davis was verified through MPD databases, and the victim positively identified Davis from a six-person photographic lineup as one of the individuals responsible for participating in this crime.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Davis for especially aggravated robbery. This warrant was dropped and, according to Davis, the ADA in Memphis is trying to have the charges dropped due to new information.

Davis told the press that he is the manager of a valet service in Memphis and on the date of Nov. 3 that he received word regarding a break into one of his cars. One of Davis’s other valets found the man Davis was accused of robbing breaking into the car at Minglewood. Davis was called onto the site due to being the manager and for legal reasons.

When Davis arrived, the man was already beat up and Davis said he never found out how the man was beat up. Davis said that when the man’s parents arrived, they pulled out guns and personally threatened Davis and Davis filed charges against them. Davis said that the fire department and EMT were on the scene and received threats as well from the man. Davis said that because he filed charges on them that “they tried to discredit my name by filing charges against me.”

Davis said that the fire department, EMT and civilians were all witness to the incident. The press was able to find out that there were no active warrants for Davis’s arrest in Shelby or Weakley County. When this reporter reached out to DA Johnson about the Shelby County incident, he stated that, “There were multiple warrants in Weakley County, but I have no idea if the case in Shelby County was dismissed. You’d have to contact Shelby County. I will be seeking a bond revocation on Mr. Davis, he’s clearly a danger to the community.”

Davis’s preliminary hearing was Dec. 28 at 8:30 a.m. and the DA dropped the bond revocation. Attorney for Davis, Paul Hutcherson, stated that they waved their right to a preliminary hearing and will be going to trial in January for the charges of possession of a weapon and evading arrest. They are trying to get the aggravated assault charge dropped.

Regarding the Greenfield city court incident, Davis said that none of the officers present were even wearing body cams to be able to turn them on. The final report from Joey Radford stated that officers did not have time to turn their body cams on due to exigent circumstances, but Davis claims they had no body cams to turn on. The press has not been able to confirm this with the Greenfield Police Department.

The press could not find Davis’s name on any court docket lists for Shelby County. The press is waiting to hear back from the ADA in Memphis regarding whether the charges have been dropped against Davis.

This is a developing story. More details will be provided as we receive them.