October 24, 2006

FUGITIVE WANTED FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ARRESTED IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS A California man wanted in connection with a racial attack on a man in Riverside, California, was apprehended yesterday afternoon in Texas, announced J. Stephen Tidwell, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. Marc Anthony Davis, 26, was charged in U.S. District Court in California with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP), based on an underlying State of California warrant charging Davis with Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Davis was charged in Riverside County, California, in connection with an alleged racially motivated attack, wherein Davis allegedly struck a black male across the head with a beer bottle because the man was seated with a white female. Davis was initially arrested for the crime on March 18, 2006. After being released on bail, however, he failed to appear in court and a bench warrant was issued on May 6, 2006. Detectives with the Riverside Police Department developed information that Davis had fled to Texas. Acting on this information, FBI Agents in Texas conducted further local investigation and determined Davis’ whereabouts. Davis was taken into custody without incident on October 23 rd by officers with the Copperas Cove Police Department and FBI Agents in Copperas Cove, Texas, near Killeen. It is anticipated that the government will dismiss the federal UFAP charge and that Davis will be extradited to California to face prosecution in the near future. Davis’ arrest is the result of a joint investigation by members of the FBI’s Inland Regional Apprehension Team (IRAT). IRAT is comprised of officers and agents with the Riverside Police Department, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the San Bernardino Police Department and the FBI. The state charge against Davis is being investigated by the Riverside Police Department, and will be prosecuted by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.