A 65-year-old Chicago sex offender is back in prison after allegedly cutting off a man’s finger with a samurai sword during an argument Tuesday.
Gerald Davis is accused of carrying out what Judge David Kelly called a “brazen, brazen and violent” attack, with police saying answered It was restored early Tuesday morning due to noise complaints, CWB Chicago reported.
The 61-year-old victim was found leaning against a car in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, bleeding from both hands and missing part of a finger, authorities said. First responders used a tourniquet to save him from bleeding.
Davis was seen throwing a Japanese sword nearby. This was announced by the Chicago Police Department. press release The suspect was arrested around 2:26 a.m., 20 minutes after the alleged attack.
Prosecutors said in their detention application that Davis got into an argument with the victim, then punched her in the face multiple times, grabbed a samurai sword from his car and began using it.
Documents obtained by local crime intelligence say Davis chased the man, threatened to kill him and then struck him with a deadly weapon.
By the time police arrived, the victim had been struck multiple times in the head and body. He had several of his fingers amputated in addition to nerve damage, but doctors were able to reattach all of his fingers except for his thumb, who reportedly “could not be saved.” .
Judge Kelly decided to keep Mr Davis in custody as a threat to public safety, calling the alleged attack “brazen, brazen and violent” and pointing to the defendant’s disturbing criminal history.
Davis not only has previous convictions for attempted arson and assault, but is also a convicted pedophile.
According to the State of Illinois sex offender registryDavis sexually abused a 7-year-old child when he was 42 years old.
Nearly a dozen mugshots from various law violations in Cook County date back to 2004.
In this latest case, a 65-year-old man was charged with attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault.
