BUFFALO (WBEN) - Erie County District Attorney John Flynn has announced that 31-year-old Deyanna Davis was arraigned this Wednesday in Erie County Court on an indictment charging her with two counts of Assault in the First Degree.
It is alleged that on Monday, June 1, 2020, at approximately 10:00 p.m., the defendant was the driver of a vehicle that went through a law enforcement blockade at a protest on Bailey Avenue and Decker Street in the City of Buffalo. A New York State trooper was run over by the defendant's vehicle and suffered serious physical injuries. He spent several weeks at ECMC to be treated for a shattered pelvis and a broken leg. The victim continues to recover from those injuries and remains unable to return to work.
The defendant is accused of intentionally and recklessly engaging in behavior that caused serious physical injuries to another person by using her vehicle as a dangerous instrument to commit the alleged crime. In addition, the defendant allegedly, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, recklessly engaged in conduct, which created a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby caused serious physical injury to another person.
Davis is scheduled to return on Tuesday March 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. for further proceedings. She remains released on bail previously posted in Buffalo City Court.
Davis pleaded not guilty. If convicted on all charges, Davis faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
