Convicted rapist-kidnapper on the loose again

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are looking for a dangerous offender who allegedly allowed his electronic monitoring device to die on September 26.

Dennis John Davis, 58, was last located near the south side of the Moda Center around 4 p.m. Tuesday. Multnomah County officials said he is currently transient.

Davis has evaded police by removing his monitoring device several times before, including in July 2017, when he cut off his GPS bracelet. For that parole violation, he served 75 days in jail and was just released Monday.

According to Dylan Arthur with the Multnomah County sex offender supervision team, there is a maximum sentence of 90 days for violating parole, as Davis did by removing his monitoring device.

“The parole officer will continue to try to engage him and to try and change some of this decision-making, working on his thinking and trying to engage him in his supervision, so that we’re not continuously coming back to this point,” Arthur said.

He has been sanctioned to jail for violating his parole 11 times since he was released in June 2015. He was sentenced to prison in 1993 for rape, sodomy and kidnapping.

“If you see him, don’t approach him. Call 911,” Arthur said.