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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — An extensive review by REAL News Michiana of the criminal history of the suspect in a recent shooting outside of Kelly’s Pub in South Bend shows a lengthy violent past with little to no jail time. In fact, the suspect had just violated probation in a Domestic Violence conviction and, instead of being sent to jail to serve out a suspended sentence in the case, was only ordered to complete substance abuse courses.
According to charging documents, 30-year-old Armond Davis got into an argument with two men outside of Kelly’s Pub in South Bend on Wednesday night. Davis is accused of pulling out a gun and shooting one of the men in the neck and the other in the leg. Both are expected to survive.
The question is why Davis was not in prison prior to this latest shooting. According to court records, Davis has a consistent violent criminal past dating back more than a decade.
Davis received his first Robbery conviction in 2012. He spent only five-and-a-half months in prison.
In 2015, Davis was convicted of Robbery again. He was initially sentenced to three years in prison, however, he was granted a modification of that sentence and, after only a year, was allowed to serve the remainder of that time at the Ducomb Center. The Ducomb Center is a community-based residential correctional facility that allows inmates to leave the facility on work-release.
Only a few months after arriving at the Ducomb Center, Davis absconded. And, in 2016 he was convicted of Failure to Return to Detention. Davis was sentenced to 30 months in prison, however, it was all suspended.
In 2017, Davis was arrested for Resisting Law Enforcement. That charge was eventually dismissed.
In 2020, Davis was arrested and eventually convicted of Domestic Battery in the Presence of a Child. He was sentenced to one year in prison. Once again, the sentence was suspended. Davis recently violated his probation on that case. Instead of being sent to jail, he was ordered to go through substance abuse courses.
Davis is currently being charged with Aggravated Battery, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon, Battery by Means of a Deadly Weapon and Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon from the shooting at Kelly’s Pub earlier this week.
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Thanks for shedding the light on this one, RNM…perhaps he’ll actually have to do some time on this latest misunderstanding between himself and an oppressive society.
If serious violent felons were required to remain in jail for the full duration of their sentences there would be a lot less crime. For the firearms violations alone he could probably be sentenced to 20 years if the prosecutor would refuse to plea bargain.
Part of the problem here is that when it comes time to elect Judges, nobody knows what they are voting for. Judges, like school boards, should be required to list their party.
The other part of the problem is that Dvorak and Cotter (SJC Prosecutors) were Soros prosecutors before that was really a thing.