Emanuel Paul Davis Jr., 35, Indianapolis
HANCOCK COUNTY — Law enforcement say an Indianapolis man driving with an expired license plate was in possession of a handgun and now faces multiple charges.
Emanuel Paul Davis Jr., 35, 9200 block of East 42nd Street, has been charged with a Level 4 felony count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a Level 5 felony count of unlawful carrying of a handgun – within 500 feet of school property or into bus, a Level 6 felony count of possession of firearm on school property, and a Class A misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer stemming from an incident July 16.
Davis Jr., had his case opened in Hancock County Superior Court 1 on July 19 and is being held under a $4,000 cash bond. He’s currently an inmate in the Hancock County Jail and has a pretrial conference Aug. 7.
According to a probable cause affidavit, an official from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department pulled a vehicle driven by Davis Jr. over on July 16 in the west entrance of Mt. Comfort Elementary School after a law enforcement official noted the vehicle didn’t have a license plate.
The official noted in the affidavit that, when they approached the car driven by Davis Jr., the official saw a plate in the back of a rear tinted window, but it was expired. The law enforcement official also noted the smell of marijuana was coming from the vehicle, so the car was searched after Davis Jr. told officials he was indeed smoking marijuana.
Officials stated in the report that a criminal history check was conducted with Davis Jr. showing he had been charged with domestic battery, strangulation, invasion of privacy, and also had an unlawful possession of a handgun charge against him, the affidavit said.
Officials said they found a loaded handgun in the vehicle which had one round in the chamber and had another nine live rounds in the magazine, the report stated. Davis Jr. never advised law enforcement that the firearm was not his or denied knowledge the firearm was in the vehicle after it was located. Officials said Davis Jr. did tell officials he lived in his vehicle and needed the gun for safety reasons after he had been shot at nine times.
