YOUNGSTOWN — Devin A. Davis, 32, of Cameron Avenue, was booked into the Mahoning County jail Thursday on an alleged probation violation, accused of having sex with a girl younger than 13 years old from April 1 through June 8.

The girl was found Thursday hiding in the attic insulation of a South Side home.

Youngstown police filed a rape charge against Davis on Monday in Youngstown Municipal Court, but he had no arraignment date set as of Tuesday afternoon. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.

A Youngstown police report details the allegations against Davis.

A detective with the police department’s Family Services Unit received a tip last week regarding a 12-year-old runaway girl. The information included a Facebook account in connection with the girl being used last Wednesday.

An agent with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted the Youngstown Police Department in obtaining information from Facebook regarding the account and learned it was associated with Davis’ home on Cameron Avenue.

STRONG SMELL

On Thursday afternoon, the Youngstown detective and BCI agent went to the home and noticed a strong smell of urine and feces coming from the home. The front porch was covered in garbage, according to a police report.

No one answered the door, but officers found a pitbull mix dog in a cage with no food or water that appeared to be dehydrated and emaciated. One officer called Animal Charity and the city’s code enforcement division. Officials with Animal Charity, the dog warden’s office and code enforcement responded to the scene.

Davis eventually started to speak to agents through his doorbell application but said he was not home. He said he did not know the missing girl, but officers received tips that a young girl had been at the home, the report states.

An officer with the Mahoning County Probation Department advised officers that Davis was on parole in a 2020 Mahoning County Common Pleas Court case in which Davis pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.

The officers started to write a search warrant for Davis’ home, but Davis came home and allowed officers inside. Before entering the home, humane agents removed the dog from outside and one from inside.

GIRL FOUND

During a search of the home, the girl was found hiding in the attic insulation. She “was visibly angry with officers, wailing her arms about and screaming” and saying she was not a runaway and did not want to leave, the report states.

The girl said she hated the place where she was living — and said she was having consensual sex with Davis, according to the police report. She was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital by ambulance for an evaluation.

Davis told police he did not know the girl’s age, that she told him she was 21, according to the police report.

Davis’ probation officer gave officers an “order of hold” for Davis for a potential probation violation on the common pleas court conviction, which placed him on probation for 18 months starting Oct. 29, 2020.

A hearing was held Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court on the allegation that Davis’ new arrest is a violation of Davis’ probation. Davis’ attorney stipulated to prosecutors having probable cause that Davis had committed a probation violation. A full hearing will be 9 a.m. July 20 before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum.