Left: Ronald Davis (Orange County Jail). Right: Police in Orlando, Florida, arrest Davis after he allegedly forced his way inside an elderly woman’s home and beat her (Orlando Police Department).
It didn’t take long for Florida police to figure out who brutally beat a pastor’s wife after forcing his way into her home: the suspect, released from prison just eight months ago, left his wallet behind, cops say.
The victim’s husband called the Orlando Police Department around 1:30 p.m. Saturday to report a break-in at his home in the 2300 block of Caribbean Court after he found his 85-year-old wife suffering from serious head wounds along with jewelry and other items missing from his home. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, police found the wallet of 55-year-old Ronald Dwayne Davis in the home. Per cops,
Davis walked out of a Florida prison in June after serving 15 years for burglary, false imprisonment and other charges.
It apparently didn’t take long to allegedly return to his life of crime. Before doctors induced her into a coma, the victim relayed her version of events to detectives. She said she was preparing to leave for a hair appointment when she heard a knock on the door between 10:30 and 11 a.m. She thought someone may be in trouble, so she answered the door, the affidavit said.
The man, later identified as Davis, claimed to be a community service officer and needed to check her residence, the affidavit said. She asked him for some identification and he pulled out the aforementioned wallet with his ID. He then allegedly forced his way inside her home and started attacking her, dropping the wallet in the process. She tried to fight back, but was rendered unconscious. Police would later find a crystal candy jar with her hair on it, suggesting that Davis may have beat her with it, cops noted.
When she woke up, the victim was bleeding from her head and her ribs and back were hurting, per the affidavit. She couldn’t find her