Boxer Gervonta Davis Jailed After Moving Without Permission While on Home Detention

Boxer Gervonta Davis Jailed After Moving Without Permission While on Home Detention
Gervonta Davis in action against Rolando Romero during their fight for Davis' WBA World lightweight title at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 28, 2022. Al Bello/Getty Images
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BALTIMORE—A Baltimore judge has ordered professional boxer Gervonta Davis to serve the remainder of his hit-and-run crash sentence behind bars instead of in home detention after he moved to a luxury hotel and then a new home without the judge’s permission, the state’s attorney’s office confirmed Friday.

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Althea Handy sentenced Davis on May 5 to 90 days of home detention after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2020 hit-and-run crash that left four people injured. But Davis’ attorney indicated that the address his client gave at sentencing for serving his home detention was too small for the boxer and his security detail, State’s Attorney’s Office spokesperson Emily Witty said in an email Friday.