Craig Lamar Davis May Be Charged in Clayton and Fulton Counties on HIV Reckless Behavior
There are two metro Atlanta women have accused a Clayton County man of exposing them to HIV.
Police say Craig Lamar Davis may have exposed an Atlanta woman and a Union City woman to the potentially deadly virus. One of the women says she has tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. As the law states, it is illegal in Georgia to knowingly expose someone to HIV. Davis may be charged in other counties as well in the future.
Craig Lamar Davis is out on bond in both cases and awaiting the completion of grand jury investigations in Fulton and Clayton counties, which could take months. Through his attorney Davis denies some of the charges.
Local Atlanta newspaper interviewed with Davis’ attorney show that Davis, 41, met the Union City woman online on a social networking site. That woman claimed Davis is a married man and has stated he is a pastor, but that account has not been confirmed. In fact, Davis denies through his attorney that he is a pastor.
AJC.com reported:
Davis was arrested in mid-July by Atlanta police, said John Turner, his attorney. The Union City woman told authorities that Davis had sex with her four times before telling her he was infected, according to a report filed with the Clayton police. Authorities discovered Davis was wanted in Fulton on a similar offense.Davis is charged with reckless-HIV, a felony that carries a sentence of one to 10 years. Reckless-HIV charges are rare, authorities said.
In that case, the Fulton woman alleges she had been celibate for 15 years before engaging in a sexual relationship with Davis, Turner said. Police records show she said she tested positive for the HIV virus in January and filed a police report in April, a month before Davis allegedly began a sexual relationship with the Union City woman.
Davis' attorney John Turner said:
“There’s a lot of factual inaccuracies,” Turner said, noting that Davis told him he never had sex with the Union City woman and “that’s what we intend to prove in court.”
For your information, here's Georgia's law on reckless behavior:
Georgia Code - Crimes and Offenses - Title 16, Section 16-5-60
(a) Any term used in this Code section and defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 shall have the meaning provided for such term in Code Section 31-22-9.1.You can read more on the GA code HERE
(b) A person who causes bodily harm to or endangers the bodily safety of another person by consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that his act or omission will cause harm or endanger the safety of the other person and the disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1) Knowingly engages in sexual intercourse or performs or submits to any sexual act involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another person and the HIV infected person does not disclose to the other person the fact of that infected persońs being an HIV infected person prior to that intercourse or sexual act;..
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