Apparent NYC Drug-Fueled Rampage Suspect Let Out of Prison Last Month
Amanda Woods, New York Post, April 19, 2022
The man who went on an apparent drug-fueled rampage — attacking at least four innocent pedestrians on the Upper East Side — was just released from prison last month and has 14 prior arrests, according to authorities and public records.
Lavon Davis, 32, of the Bronx, was hit with multiple assault charges, as well as strangulation and criminal possession of a controlled substance, in connection to his Monday morning spree that lasted about a half-hour, cops said.
Lavon Davis
{snip}
He was found with alleged methamphetamine in his backpack and wallet, police said.
{snip}
Davis was also charged with attempted murder, assault, robbery, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to an unrelated incident from Saturday, police said.
He allegedly stabbed a 51-year-old man — who cops said is known to him — with a kitchen knife in a building lobby and snatched his bag, holding $4,200 cash, police said.
{snip}
In total, he has 14 prior arrests, police said.
He was just conditionally released to parole on March 14 in connection to a December first-degree criminal contempt conviction, state corrections records show.
He was also released in July 2018 after serving more than five years for selling drugs on school grounds, according to the records.
