After moving while on home detention without the judge’s permission, Gervonta Davis will serve his jail sentence

The state’s attorney’s office announced Friday that a Baltimore court has ordered professional boxer Gervonta Davis to spend the balance of his hit-and-run accident sentence behind bars as opposed to on home detention after he relocated to a posh hotel and then a new house without the judge’s approval.

On May 5, Davis was given a 90-day home detention sentence by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Althea Handy after pleading guilty to charges related to a hit-and-run accident that wounded four people in 2020. The State’s Attorney’s Office’s Emily Witty said in an email Friday that Davis’ lawyer had claimed that the location his client provided at sentencing for serving his home detention was insufficient for the boxer and his security detail.

After moving to the Four Seasons Hotel, where a GPS tracking firm kept an eye on him, Davis moved into a waterfront high-rise in south Baltimore approximately a week ago, according to Witty. Davis was ordered on Thursday to spend the remaining time of his home detention term in the municipal prison because Handy had refused to approve any relocation, she said. The Baltimore Banner was the first to report on the directive.

Sheriff Sam Cogen said over the phone that deputies who were in the courthouse on Thursday took Davis into custody and brought him to the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center.

At a “impromptu” 5 p.m. hearing on Thursday, Davis’ lawyer Michael Tomko confirmed that Davis was instructed to spend the remainder of his 90-day term in prison, but he refrained from making any other comments, according to The Baltimore Banner. Davis had previously been sentenced to 200 hours of community service, completion of a course at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland, and participation in a Mothers Against Drunk Driving victim impact panel.

According to criminal papers, the collision occurred in November 2020 when Davis, now 28 years old, exited a nightclub in downtown Baltimore in a 2020 Lamborghini and jumped a red light, colliding with a Toyota. Before Baltimore police officers arrived at the scene of the collision, Davis—whose license had been suspended—left for the Four Seasons Hotel. The Toyota’s passengers sustained scratches, bruises, and sprains, according to authorities.

Davis entered a guilty plea to four charges: leaving the scene of a fatal accident, failing to notify the owner of property damage, operating a vehicle while in possession of a suspended license, and running a red light.

The 29-0 record of the native of Baltimore includes 29 knockout wins. In his most recent battle, which was against Ryan Garcia in April in Las Vegas, he unleashed a body punch in the seventh round that forced Garcia to falter and take a knee.

In Washington, D.C., Davis defended his WBA lightweight world title in January. When Davis was detained and charged with domestic violence in late December, the altercation was in risk of being called off. However, the lady who had phoned the police afterwards released a statement on social media claiming that Davis “did not harm me or our daughter.”