Felon Who Assaulted Pregnant Teenager with a Gun Sentenced to Federal Prison

A felon who used a gun to assault a pregnant teenager was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.  Diago Davis, age 51, from Chicago, Illinois, received the prison term after a July 15, 2024 guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm as a felon.

Evidence at sentencing showed that on February 3, 2024, law enforcement officers searched Davis’s residence in Hiawatha, Iowa, where officers found a loaded firearm that Davis knowingly possessed.  Earlier in the day, Davis had assaulted a pregnant teenage victim with that same firearm because he mistakenly thought she had taken his PlayStation 5.  Davis has multiple drug‑related felony convictions.  

Davis was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Davis was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment and must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.  Davis is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake and investigated by the Hiawatha Police Department.  

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  

The case file number is 24-CR-41.  

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