NYC man back behind bars after 17 years of wrongful lockup: cop sources

A Brooklyn man who did 17 years in jail for homicide earlier than being exonerated final yr landed again behind bars Tuesday — for groping a lady and packing an unlawful gun, police sources instructed The Submit.

James Davis, 39 — who was convicted within the 2004 taking pictures dying of a person at a Brooklyn celebration earlier than he was cleared and freed in 2021 — was picked up by cops in Manhattan on Tuesday after he allegedly grabbed a lady’s buttocks — and was discovered to even have a bootleg, loaded Ruger .380-caliber handgun on him, sources stated.

Davis was 21 when he was charged with killing Blake Harper in 2004 in a beef over a lady throughout a celebration at a Masonic lodge.

Blake Harper
Blake Harper was shot and killed throughout a dispute on the Brooklyn Prine Corridor Temple in 2004.
Jose A. Rivera

Davis claimed he left the celebration earlier than the taking pictures however was recognized because the gunman by a lady on the celebration, WPIX TV stated in a report after his launch final yr. Three different witnesses additionally picked Davis out of a lineup, and he was convicted two years later.

However Davis’ Authorized Support attorneys sought to overturn the conviction, claiming he simply bore a resemblance to the precise killer and that his first lawyer didn't interview different witnesses who may have cleared him within the case.

In April 2021, they gained their bid, and Davis was freed, with the Brooklyn DA’s Workplace ultimately saying he wouldn't be retried.

James Davis
Davis was 21 when he was charged with killing Blake Harper.

Davis seems to have stored his nostril clear till Tuesday, when police say he was strolling close to thirty fourth Road and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan round 9:20 a.m. when he allegedly grabbed the girl, the sources stated.

When cops searched him, he was carrying the loaded gun, they stated.

Davis faces no less than two counts of felony possession of a weapon and one rely of felony possession of a managed substance, police sources stated.

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