Sentenced: Accused Felon Released On Reduced Bail Charged With Fatally Shooting Man Days After Leaving Jail

[Sugar Cookie]

A Philadelphia man was fatally shot by an accused felon shortly after the suspect was released from jail on dramatically reduced bail as coronavirus-related court closures have plagued the city.

“This male was on the street with two open felony cases because his bail was reduced from 200K to 12K,” tweeted Derrick Wood, the commanding officer of the Philadelphia Police Department’s southwestern division. “This is ridiculous and another example of bail decisions that are being made without considering the safety of the community. Consequences matter.”


The suspect, 20-year-old Josephus Davis, is being charged with the murder of 25-year-old Milan Loncar. Surveillance cameras captured a video of two men approaching Loncar, who was walking his dog. They then pointed a gun at him and reached into his pants pocket. Loncar was shot once in the chest during the incident.


District Attorney Larry Krasner said his office had urged judges in two separate cases to hold Davis in jail, “yet bail was lowered by judges over our objections.” Davis was being held on two separate felony charges, which included murder, conspiracy, robbery, and illegal firearm offenses.

Davis had been arrested multiple times leading up to the fatal shooting. He was charged with kidnapping for ransom, robbery, car theft, and firearms violations in February 2020 after an incident involving an Uber driver.

Bail in that case was initially set to $100,000, but Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Teresa Carr Deni lowered the amount to $20,000 after authorities failed eight times to hold a preliminary hearing in the case, in part due to court closures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

While in jail, Davis was charged again for allegedly attacking a prison guard. Bail in that case was set to $200,000, but Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Charles Hayden reduced the bail to just $12,000.

On Dec. 29, Davis posted the required 10% bail of both $1,200 and $2,000 and was released from jail. On Jan. 13, Loncar was fatally shot.

Accused felon released on reduced bail charged with fatally shooting man days after leaving jail

 

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[Blizzard]

Ugh to this.

Also, did some truly, honestly, name someone Josephus ?????? Did someone miss the Mel Brooks movie???

 

[Satanica]

It's way past time for these judges to be held accountable for these failures in, ha ha, judgement.

 

[LFODBiker]

FTA (emphasis mine) - Bail in that case was initially set to $100,000, but Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Teresa Carr Deni lowered the amount to $20,000 after authorities failed eight times to hold a preliminary hearing in the case

In this case it wasn't about the lowered bail.
It was about the lazy ass prosecutors that couldn't be bothered to do their fucking job.

 

[Satanica]

Then they should also be held accountable. I'm very sick of these "failures", especially considering my family is dealing with one, too. Bad dad is still out on bond where he can re-offend, and there is no sign whatsoever that the trial for his daughter is ever going to happen; and nary a word about his son who is in our custody and going to be adopted into our family.

We don't consider him a threat to us or the son, but I certainly do not like that he can make more victims. I don't think the police know that he has an adult victim that he raped on video, because she never said anything and destroyed the evidence. I almost wish that fucker would come over and try some shit, because he would then be eliminated. Pretty sure he will end up with the stimulus money, because we were nice when we found out his son was being returned to him and let him claim him on his income taxes for 2019 and split the money with him. No one has said if we can remedy this, because we could use that money for his son's care and he will get another check if Biden issues his own stimulus checks.

Sorry to drift the thread. Axe and I were discussing this last night, so it's too fresh on my mind.

 

[Inferus]

If only we could have foreseen this...like some prior record of poor behavior...

 

[Sejanus]

Systemic failure.
Execute the fucker, imprison the prosecutors and judge for screwing the pooch

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The man convicted of fatally shooting 25-year-old Temple University graduate Milan Loncar as he walked his dog in Brewerytown will spend the rest of his life in prison, a Common Pleas Court judge decided at a sentencing hearing on Friday.

The wrenching case became a stark example of Philadelphia's gun violence epidemic when Loncar was shot nearby his home on Jan. 13, 2021. Shortly before 7 p.m., Loncar was approached by two men near 31st and Jefferson streets. The men rummaged through Loncar's pockets and then one of them shot him in the chest, police determined from surveillance video.

Loncar called for help before dropping his phone on the ground as his dog remained by his side. Police found Loncar lying on the sidewalk and took him to Temple University Hospital, where he later died.

Josephus Davis, 21, was arrested about 90 minutes later during a patrol stop in Kensington for a stolen vehicle that he was driving with four other people inside. Davis attempted to flee, but was detained by police. Body-worn camera footage from the encounter showed Davis wearing the same belt, shoes and other clothing that were shown in the video from Loncar's shooting, prosecutors said.

A jury found Davis guilty of second-degree murder in June, but his sentencing hearing was delayed.

Judge Barbara A. McDermott sentenced Davis to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the mandatory minimum for second-degree murder in Pennsylvania.

Two weeks before Loncar's killing, Davis was released on substantially reduced bail in an armed kidnapping and assault case, court records show.

Philly man gets life in prison for fatal shooting of Milan Loncar in Brewerytown

The Temple graduate was killed in January 2021 while out walking his dog; Josephus Davis, 21, was sentenced on Friday

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