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Davis
After allegedly sexually assaulting a minor and attempting to bribe them to drop charges while being on parole for injuring a disabled individual, a 57-year-old Port Neches man was sentenced to a decade in prison ahead of a potential trial that could end with him earning a life sentence.
Jefferson County Judge Raquel West revoked Jeffrey Kevin Davis’ parole and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for violating multiple conditions, including failing to report to his parole officer and receiving additional charges. He could still be sentenced to no less than 25 years to life in prison for charges of continuous sexual assault of a child between 2007 and 2013 and tampering with a witness.
According to a probable cause indictment penned by Beaumont Police Department (BPD) Detective Matt Gardner, officers learned that Davis allegedly used a middle man, Jayden Michael Camp, to offer the complainant in his case $1,000 to drop all charges against him.
When the complainant refused, a probable cause affidavit reads, Camp advised that Davis had deep ties to the Aryan Nation and to name his price. Additionally, Camp told the complainant that “something would happen regardless, and they knew where he lived and that he had a family.”
Records show that Jayden Camp is the adult son of Brandon Camp, who was incarcerated and housed in the same dormitory as Davis. Between April 25 and early May, the Camps and Davis planned for the un-incarcerated Camp to offer the victim $1,000 to drop his charges.
The complainant, fearing for his life, told officers that the younger Camp called him to offer the money before attempting to reach out via Facebook with a new offer of $5,000, all allegedly directed by Davis.
“As far as I know there’s nothing wrong with offering somebody a settlement to, you know, not press charges,” Davis said while speaking on a Jefferson County Jail phone to his sister, to which she replied, “It is.”
“Well, how did Michael Jackson make a deal civilly and stay out of court then?” he asked before his sister advised that such settlements are made via attorneys and not hushed, coded phone calls through sons of fellow inmates.
According to information from Judge West’s court, Davis will be appointed a new lawyer to handle his defense and could be back in the courtroom by January. Davis was listed on the Jefferson County inmate roster as of press time with a bond of $300,000.