Inmate gets two more years for 'bang, bang' remark

Two words uttered after he was sentenced in another case earlier this year in Washington County Circuit Court resulted in two more years of incarceration for state prison inmate Devon Naeem Davis on Thursday.

Davis, 24, formerly of Hagerstown, pleaded guilty to retaliation against a witness for reporting a crime for saying "bang, bang" to the mother of the victim as he was being led from the courtroom on May 15.

On that day, Davis was sentenced by Circuit Judge Dana Moylan Wright to four years in prison on charges of indecent exposure and second-degree assault. More than a year earlier, he had pleaded guilty to the charges for offenses that had occurred in early 2012.

The victim, a preteen girl, told investigators that Davis had molested her while she was living with her mother in a motel, according to the charging documents in that case.

After the sentencing hearing finished, Davis looked at the mother of the victim and mumbled something that the woman was unable to understand, Assistant State's Attorney Leon Debes told Circuit Judge Viki M. Pauler. While staring directly at her, Davis then said in a loud voice, "bang, bang," Debes told the judge.

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