 Davis's arrest record, starting in early 1983, involves a 1984 robbery conviction, which would premise a probation violation.By the November 1986 shootout, a court hearing for it had been postponed four times.Soon after the successful manhunt, however, the Bronx District Attorney's office alleged that, as "The New York Times" then paraphrased, "Davis was part of a small, loosely organized, 'very violent' group of gunmen who have robbed, assaulted and slain drug dealers in the Bronx and northern Manhattan in recent months".