The U.S. Marshals Service has recaptured an inmate who escaped from a state work release program, leading to the delay of a Marrero murder trial in which he’s the key witness.
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Xevion Davis, 20, was arrested about 5 a.m. Tuesday (April 9) at a home in Harvey after authorities received Crimestoppers tip and performed “some great detective work,” said Deputy Marshal Walter Martin, supervisor of the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force New Orleans.
Authorities had been searching for Davis since March 4, when he walked off from transitional work program in Monroe that was contracted to house him as he served a three-year sentence for drug convictions, according to the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
Davis’ disappearance also postponed the April 2 trial date for Jonathan Manuel, the man accused of gunning down Davis’ 10-month-old son, Xy’Ahir “Nemo” Davis, in a 2016 shooting.
Xevion Davis is the primary witness in the case against Manuel, who is charged with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
Xy’Ahir was with Davis inside a home in the 2100 block of Caddy Drive in Marrero when a gunman opened fire from the doorway on the afternoon of Dec. 3, 2016. Xy’Ahir died after he was shot multiple times. A 16-year-old boy also was also wounded, but survived.
In February 2017, Jefferson Parish authorities obtained a grand jury material witness warrant to arrest Davis, a “reluctant” witness in the case against his son’s accused killer
After Manuel’s indictment, Davis was sentenced to three years in prison in December on various unrelated charges, including drug possession.
Davis qualified to be housed outside of a traditional prison under the state Department of Correction’s work release program, which is available to certain inmates with less than four years to serve on their sentences, Spokesman Ken Pastorick has said.
But Davis spent just under six weeks at his assigned facility, City of Faith, in Monroe, before he and fellow inmate, Toby Jackson, 20, fled the facility, authorities said. No word was available Tuesday on whether Jackson also had been recaptured.
Davis faces a simple escape charge in Monroe, according to Detective Reggie Brown, spokesman for the Monroe Police Department.
But he’ll likely remain in custody in Jefferson Parish for the time being.
The Jefferson Parish district attorney’s office also filed a motion Tuesday seeking another material witness warrant for Davis to secure his testimony at Manuel’s trial, now scheduled for July 22, according to court records.
Davis was being held without bond at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna.
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