People v. Davis CA4/3

FACTS

I.

DAVIS CHASES AND REPEATEDLY TRIES TO GRAB A FEMALE JOGGER

On August 13, 2019, S.B. was jogging after dark when she sensed someone was behind her. She slowed down, turned around, and saw a man, later identified as Davis, about 10 to 15 feet away; she did not know Davis and had never seen him before. S.B. heard Davis talking to her but she could not hear what he was saying. Initially, Davis was walking behind her, but when she started to run faster, he started to run toward her. She told him to stop following her. Davis asked her to stop and told her he wanted to talk to her.

2 After Davis came within inches of S.B. and twice tried to grab her, she ran into traffic in the middle of the street. He followed her and continued to try and grab her as she tried to run away from him. S.B. told Davis she was going to call the police. He told her not to call the police but to instead talk to him. She continued to try to get away from him by weaving between cars and trying to get a car to stop and help her; meanwhile, he continued to pursue her and repeatedly told her to stop. A couple of cars stopped and S.B. got into one of them. The driver of that car called 911. Davis punched…